Exam 1: Contemporary Maternity Nursing

Recent trends in childbirth practice indicate that:

To ensure client safety the practicing nurse must have knowledge of the current Joint Commission's "Do Not Use" list of abbreviations. Which abbreviation is acceptable for use?

An important development that concerns maternity nursing is integrative health care,which:

Which statements indicate that the nurse is practicing appropriate family-centered care techniques? Choose all that apply.

The nurse knows that teaching to increase self-care has been effective when the client makes what comment?

When providing care for the pregnant woman,the nurse should be aware that one of the most frequently reported maternal medical risk factors is:

The nurse should be cognizant that one accurate example of a U.S. societal trend is:

All of the following conditions have contributed to the increase in maternity-related health care costs except:

The level of practice a reasonably prudent nurse provides is called:

When managing health care for pregnant women at a prenatal clinic,the nurse should recognize that the most significant barrier to access to care is the pregnant woman's:

The term used to describe legal and professional responsibility for practice for maternity nurses is:

Managed care has gained in popularity. The nurse should understand that this rise in popularity is most often guided by which consideration?

Healthy People 2010 has established national health priorities that focus on a number of maternal-child health indicators. Nurses are assuming greater roles in assessing family health and providing care across the perinatal continuum. Therefore it is important for the nurse to be aware that significant progress has been made in:

A 23-year-old African-American woman is pregnant with her first child. Based on the statistics for infant mortality,which plan is most important for the nurse to implement?

The role of the professional nurse has evolved to emphasize:

Which methods would help alleviate the problems associated with access to health care for the maternity client? Choose all that apply.

Maternity nurses can work to dispel the health disparities among women through:

A 38-year-old Hispanic woman delivered a 9-pound,6-ounce baby girl vaginally after being in labor for 43 hours. The baby died 3 days later from sepsis. On what grounds would the woman potentially have a legitimate legal case for negligence?

What is the primary role of practicing nurses in the research process?

Alternative and complementary therapies: