Exam 1: The Past, Present, and Future

A patient in the prenatal clinic is concerned about losing her job because of her pregnancy. The nurse instructs her that the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows an employee to be absent from work without pay for ______ weeks to recover from childbirth or care for a sick family member without loss of benefits or pay status.

Guidelines that define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected outcome and timeframe from different areas of care provision are known as:

The nurse who is able to adapt health care practices to meet needs of various cultures is said to be culturally:

The nurse is aware that there is a legal responsibility to report certain diseases and conditions to county or state health authorities. Which would be included? Select all that apply.

The individual who advocated the establishment of the Children's Bureau was:

The nurse explains that the clinical pathway or critical pathway improves quality of care by:

Current legislation allows a hospital stay of how many hours for a postpartum patient who has delivered vaginally without complications?

The first White House Conference on Children and Youth was called by President ______________ ________________.

The medical pioneer who discovered the relationship between the incidence of puerperal fever and unwashed hands was:

In 1884, Karl Credé recommended that:

A nursing student on an obstetric rotation questions the floor nurse about the definition of the LVN/LPN scope of practice. The nurse directs the student to contact the:

The nurse reminds family members that the philosophy of family-centered care is to give them control over their health care decisions. This control is called:

The nurse clarifies to the patient that charting in an electronic health record supports accurate and comprehensive documentation by requiring:

As a result of research done in the 1930s by the Children's Bureau:

The certified nurse-midwife (CNM) clarifies to the pregnant patient that the CNM's scope of practice includes:

An urban area has been reported to have a high perinatal mortality rate. The nurse explains that this statistic refers to:

The nurse points out some non-family-centered policies prevalent in the 1960s. What are they? Select all that apply.

The nurse reviewing the specific recovery goals set out on a clinical pathway observed that two goals were not met by their designated timeline. The nurse records a negative _____________ for these two goals.

An example of a Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) intervention is the:

What developments in the early 20th century encouraged women to seek hospitalization for childbirth? Select all that apply.