MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING – NEWBORN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
1. The nurse is teaching a parenting class to new parents. Which statement should the nurse include in
the teaching session about the characteristics of a healthy family?
a.
Adults agree on the majority of basic parenting principles.
b.
The parents and children have rigid assignments for all the family tasks.
c.
Young families assume total responsibility for the parenting tasks, refusing any assistance.
d.
The family is overwhelmed by the significant changes that occur as a result of childbirth. -
(ANSWER)ANS: A
Adults in a healthy family communicate with each other, so there is minimal discord in areas such as
discipline and sleep schedules. Healthy families remain flexible in their role assignments. Members of a
healthy family accept assistance without feeling guilty. Healthy families can tolerate irregular sleep and
meal schedules, which are common during the months after childbirth.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 9
2. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in the early
twentieth century?
,MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING – NEWBORN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
a.
The number of hospital births decreased.
b.
Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c.
The importance of early parent-infant contact was identified.
d.
Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and birth. - (ANSWER)ANS: B
The development of forceps to facilitate difficult births by physicians was a strong factor in the decrease
of home births and increase of hospital births. With the shift toward hospital births, the numbers
increased. The shift to hospital births decreased the amount of parental-infant contact. Puerperal sepsis
has been a known problem for generations. In the late nineteenth century, Semmelweis discovered how
it could be prevented.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: 1
3. A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of family-centered maternity care.
Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching session?
a.
, MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING – NEWBORN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
b.
Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
c.
Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice of family-centered
care.
d.
Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery initiated the
practice of family-centered care. - (ANSWER)ANS: D
As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, parents began to
insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually developed into the practice of rooming-in and
finally to family-centered maternity care. The Sheppard-Towner Act provided funds for state-managed
programs for mothers and children but did not promote family-centered care. The changes in
pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care. Family-
centered care was a request by parents, not physicians.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 2, 3
4. Which statement explains why below poverty level African-Americans have the highest infant
mortality rate in the United States?
a.
2025
1. The nurse is teaching a parenting class to new parents. Which statement should the nurse include in
the teaching session about the characteristics of a healthy family?
a.
Adults agree on the majority of basic parenting principles.
b.
The parents and children have rigid assignments for all the family tasks.
c.
Young families assume total responsibility for the parenting tasks, refusing any assistance.
d.
The family is overwhelmed by the significant changes that occur as a result of childbirth. -
(ANSWER)ANS: A
Adults in a healthy family communicate with each other, so there is minimal discord in areas such as
discipline and sleep schedules. Healthy families remain flexible in their role assignments. Members of a
healthy family accept assistance without feeling guilty. Healthy families can tolerate irregular sleep and
meal schedules, which are common during the months after childbirth.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 9
2. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in the early
twentieth century?
,MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING – NEWBORN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
a.
The number of hospital births decreased.
b.
Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c.
The importance of early parent-infant contact was identified.
d.
Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and birth. - (ANSWER)ANS: B
The development of forceps to facilitate difficult births by physicians was a strong factor in the decrease
of home births and increase of hospital births. With the shift toward hospital births, the numbers
increased. The shift to hospital births decreased the amount of parental-infant contact. Puerperal sepsis
has been a known problem for generations. In the late nineteenth century, Semmelweis discovered how
it could be prevented.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: 1
3. A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of family-centered maternity care.
Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching session?
a.
, MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSING – NEWBORN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
b.
Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
c.
Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice of family-centered
care.
d.
Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery initiated the
practice of family-centered care. - (ANSWER)ANS: D
As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, parents began to
insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually developed into the practice of rooming-in and
finally to family-centered maternity care. The Sheppard-Towner Act provided funds for state-managed
programs for mothers and children but did not promote family-centered care. The changes in
pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care. Family-
centered care was a request by parents, not physicians.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 2, 3
4. Which statement explains why below poverty level African-Americans have the highest infant
mortality rate in the United States?
a.
