Exam 1: Maternity and Women's Health Care Today

The prenatal clinic nurse is assessing a newly pregnant Hispanic client. Her husband is present. Which communication techniques should the nurse use with regard to the client's culture? (Select all that apply.)

Which situation is most representative of an extended family?

A single client who has just delivered a baby asks the nurse where she can receive help in getting formula for her baby. Which is the nurse's best response?

Which method would not be used by hospitals to control costs during perinatal health care for prospective birth management?

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?

Match each term with the correct definition. -Evidence-based care

Match each term with the correct definition. -Clinical pathways

A client at 36 weeks of gestation states, "Why can't I have an induction now? My sister delivered at 36 weeks and her baby is fine." Which information about infants born at 34 to 36 weeks should the nurse consider when answering?

Many communities now offer the availability of free-standing birth centers to provide care for low-risk women during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. When counseling the newly pregnant client regarding this option, the nurse should be aware that this type of care setting includes which advantages? (Select all that apply.)

Which is an advantage to labor, birth, recovery, and postpartum (LDRP) rooms?

Match each term with the correct definition. -Case management

Match each term with the correct definition. -Capitated care

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?

The nurse is assessing a client's use of complementary and alternative therapies. Which should the nurse document as an alternative or complementary therapy practice? (Select all that apply.)

The Grantly Dick-Read method of prepared childbirth allows for:

Match each term with the correct definition. -Diagnosis-related groups

Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in the early twentieth century?

Expectant parents ask a prenatal nurse educator, "Which setting for childbirth allows for the least amount of parent-infant interaction?" Which answer should the nurse give to the parents?

A woman giving birth in the 1960s may have been given a narcotic plus scopolamine for pain control. What is the major problem with this medication regimen?

Which statement explains why below poverty level African-Americans have the highest infant mortality rate in the United States?