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. A program designed to decrease the infant mortality rate in the
United States would probably make the greatest impact if it
focused on which aspect of care?
A) offering increased WICC availability
B) reducing the number of home births
C) increasing the education level of parents
D) increasing the number of women receiving prenatal care
Correct Answer D) increasing the number of women receiving
prenatal care
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive Level: Apply
Page: 11
Feedback: Receiving prenatal care has proven to be a major
strategy for reducing infant mortality. The other interventions
will not directly impact infant mortality rates to the degree that
prenatal care will.
. In providing culturally competent care to clients, the home care
nurse should assess health care practices. What should be
included in the home care nurse's assessment? Select all that
apply.
A) barriers to health care
B) cultural practices
C) health-promotion behaviors
D) health care compliance
E) education level Correct Answer Ans: A, B, C, E
,Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Understand
Page: 61
Feedback: The nurse should assess cultural practices that will
often identify barriers to health care, health-promotion
behaviors, and education level.
. The nurse is providing care to a new mother and infant
according to the Quality & Safety Education for Nurses
competency approach. Which action should the nurse perform to
demonstrate the skill for the competency of safety?
A) Assess the mother for preferences based on personal values.
B) Ensure the mother and newborn have intact identification
bands.
C) Introduce all members of the care team to the mother and
family.
D) Document patient care using computerized spreadsheets and
forms. Correct Answer B) Ensure the mother and newborn
have intact identification bands.
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management
of Care
Cognitive Level: Apply
Page: 8
Feedback:
Action to demonstrate the skill of the competency of safety is to
ensure that the mother and newborn have intact identification
bands. Assessing the mother for preferences based on personal
values is the skill associated with patient-centered care.
,Introducing all members of the care team to the mother and
family is the skill associated with teamwork and collaboration.
. What is a current trend in child health care?
A) Children are hospitalized for observation more than
previously.
B) Health promotion rather than health restoration is stressed.
C) Child health care is moving out of regional centers.
D) Nursing roles are decreasing because of the increasing role of
families. Correct Answer B) Health promotion rather than
health restoration is stressed.
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management
of Care
Cognitive Level: Remember
Page: 16
Feedback: It is recognized that keeping individuals well is more
cost effective for a system than helping ill individuals return to
wellness.
12. What makes the area of family nursing a difficult arena to
provide care at times?
A) The presence of family in the hospital rooms
B) Family members who might not agree on treatments and a
plan of care
C) Family-centered care plans and use of community areas in
acute care settings
D) Nurses having different values from families Correct
Answer B) Family members who might not agree on treatments
and a plan of care
, Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Apply
Page: 5
Feedback: The family may not agree of the plan of care or
treatment plans with each other or for their children. This is a
difficult situation as the children do not have their rights to make
their own decisions and the family needs to agree.
14. The nurse is providing care in an organization that supports
the maternal and child care continuum. Which type of patient
care area is an example of this approach?
A) Primary care
B) Team nursing
C) Case management
D) Family-centered care Correct Answer D) Family-centered
care
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Safety and
Infection Control
Client Needs 2: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive Level: Analyze
Page: 4
Feedback: Keeping the family at the center of care is important
because the level of a family's functioning is important to the
health status of its members. A healthy family establishes an
environment conducive to growth and health-promoting
behaviors to sustain family members during crises. A family-
centered approach enables nurses to better understand
individuals and their effect on others and, in turn, to provide
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