Test Bank for Maternal-Child Nursing, 6th Edition
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A risk factor in labor and delivery that was identified in the late 19th century and could be
prevented with improved hygienic practices.
Ans: Puerperal sepsis
Advancements that became available to physicians, contributing to the shift from home births
to hospital births in the early 20th century.
Ans: Technologic developments
Care developed in response to parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them
rather than in a nursery.
Ans: Family-centered maternity care
A practice that developed from the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, allowing
infants to stay with parents.
,Ans: Rooming-in
A setting for childbirth that allows the least amount of parent-infant contact, with infants cared
for in a separate nursery.
Ans: Traditional hospital birth
A setting that allows increased parent-infant contact compared to traditional hospital births.
Ans: Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room
A setting designed to allow an increase in parent-infant contact during childbirth.
Ans: Birth center
A childbirth setting that allows for increased parent-infant contact.
Ans: Home birth
A tool that sets specific time lines for sequencing interventions in patient care.
Ans: Clinical pathway
Legislation that provided funds for state-managed programs for mothers and children.
Ans: Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
Changes in medication practices that were not a factor in the development of family-centered
maternity care.
Ans: Pharmacologic management of labor
,A classification of questions that assess the recall of facts and basic concepts.
Ans: Cognitive Level: Remembering
A category in nursing that focuses on ensuring safety and effectiveness in patient care.
Ans: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
A category in nursing that addresses the emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of patients.
Ans: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
A category in nursing that emphasizes the importance of promoting health and preventing
illness.
Ans: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
A step in the nursing process that involves setting goals and determining actions to achieve
those goals.
Ans: Nursing Process: Planning
Standardized, interdisciplinary plans of care devised for patients with a particular health
problem.
Ans: Clinical pathways
To identify patient outcomes, specify timelines to achieve those outcomes, direct appropriate
interventions and sequencing of interventions, include interventions from a variety of
disciplines, promote collaboration, and involve a comprehensive approach to care.
Ans: Purpose of clinical pathways
, Developed by multiple health care professionals and reflect interdisciplinary care.
Ans: Development of clinical pathways
Can be used in multiple settings and for patients throughout the life span.
Ans: Settings for clinical pathways
Clinical pathways are not part of the nursing process but can be used in conjunction with the
nursing process to provide care to patients.
Ans: Nursing process relationship with clinical pathways
Volunteering to provide prenatal care at community centers.
Ans: Activity to reduce infant mortality
Vital to reducing infant mortality and medical costs.
Ans: Importance of prenatal care
Providing prenatal care outreach activities in community centers, particularly in low-income
areas.
Ans: Community service in prenatal care
Used when something occurs that might result in legal action, such as a patient fall or
medication error.
Ans: Quality assurance report
A form of documentation of an event that may result in legal action.
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A risk factor in labor and delivery that was identified in the late 19th century and could be
prevented with improved hygienic practices.
Ans: Puerperal sepsis
Advancements that became available to physicians, contributing to the shift from home births
to hospital births in the early 20th century.
Ans: Technologic developments
Care developed in response to parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them
rather than in a nursery.
Ans: Family-centered maternity care
A practice that developed from the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, allowing
infants to stay with parents.
,Ans: Rooming-in
A setting for childbirth that allows the least amount of parent-infant contact, with infants cared
for in a separate nursery.
Ans: Traditional hospital birth
A setting that allows increased parent-infant contact compared to traditional hospital births.
Ans: Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room
A setting designed to allow an increase in parent-infant contact during childbirth.
Ans: Birth center
A childbirth setting that allows for increased parent-infant contact.
Ans: Home birth
A tool that sets specific time lines for sequencing interventions in patient care.
Ans: Clinical pathway
Legislation that provided funds for state-managed programs for mothers and children.
Ans: Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
Changes in medication practices that were not a factor in the development of family-centered
maternity care.
Ans: Pharmacologic management of labor
,A classification of questions that assess the recall of facts and basic concepts.
Ans: Cognitive Level: Remembering
A category in nursing that focuses on ensuring safety and effectiveness in patient care.
Ans: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
A category in nursing that addresses the emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of patients.
Ans: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
A category in nursing that emphasizes the importance of promoting health and preventing
illness.
Ans: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
A step in the nursing process that involves setting goals and determining actions to achieve
those goals.
Ans: Nursing Process: Planning
Standardized, interdisciplinary plans of care devised for patients with a particular health
problem.
Ans: Clinical pathways
To identify patient outcomes, specify timelines to achieve those outcomes, direct appropriate
interventions and sequencing of interventions, include interventions from a variety of
disciplines, promote collaboration, and involve a comprehensive approach to care.
Ans: Purpose of clinical pathways
, Developed by multiple health care professionals and reflect interdisciplinary care.
Ans: Development of clinical pathways
Can be used in multiple settings and for patients throughout the life span.
Ans: Settings for clinical pathways
Clinical pathways are not part of the nursing process but can be used in conjunction with the
nursing process to provide care to patients.
Ans: Nursing process relationship with clinical pathways
Volunteering to provide prenatal care at community centers.
Ans: Activity to reduce infant mortality
Vital to reducing infant mortality and medical costs.
Ans: Importance of prenatal care
Providing prenatal care outreach activities in community centers, particularly in low-income
areas.
Ans: Community service in prenatal care
Used when something occurs that might result in legal action, such as a patient fall or
medication error.
Ans: Quality assurance report
A form of documentation of an event that may result in legal action.
