Maternity and Women's Health- Exam 1 2025
A 23-year-old African-American woman is pregnant with her first child. On the basis of the statistics for infant mortality, which plan is most important for the nurse to implement?
A. Refer the woman to a social worker.
B. Perform a nutrition assessmen...
Maternity and Women's Health- Exam 1 2025
A 23-year-old African-American woman is pregnant with her first child. On the basis of the statistics for infant
mortality, which plan is most important for the nurse to implement?
A. Refer the woman to a social worker.
B. Perform a nutrition assessment.
C. Advise the woman to see an obstetrician, not a midwife.
D. Explain to the woman the importance of keeping her prenatal care appointments. - ansD. Explain to the
woman the importance of keeping her prenatal care appointments.
A client who is breastfeeding has been diagnosed with gonorrhea. Which treatment plan should the nurse
expect to be implemented?
a. Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units one injection
b. Amoxicillin 500 mg three times a day for 7 days and ceftriaxone 250 mg IM injection
c. Amoxicillin 500 mg three times a day for 1 week
d. Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM injection - ansb. Amoxicillin 500 mg three times a day for 7 days and ceftriaxone 250
mg IM injection
A couple presents for their first appointment at an infertility center. Which noninvasive test should the nurse
identify as needing to be done during initial diagnostic testing?
a. Semen analysis
b. Endometrial biopsy
c. Hysterosalpingogram
d. Laparoscopy - ansa. Semen analysis
A group of nurses are discussing health risks associated with menopause. Which finding should the nurses
identify as not being associated as a health risk with menopause?
,a. Coronary heart disease
b. Osteoporosis
c. Obesity
d. Breast cancer - ansd. Breast cancer
- associated with the use of hormone replacement therapy for women who have a familial history
A group of nurses are discussing infertility. Which statement should the nurses identify as being accurate?
a. Is perceived differently by women and men.
b. Has a relatively stable prevalence among the overall population and throughout a woman's potential
reproductive years.
c. Is more likely the result of a physical flaw in the woman than in her male partner.
d. Is the same thing as sterility. - ansa. Is perceived differently by women and men.
A group of nurses are discussing trends in health care. What would the nurses identify as not being a trend in
the delivery of health care in the United States?
A. Acute care is increasingly provided through home-based services.
B. Greater emphasis has been placed on curing disease and disability than on preventing them.
C. Hospital stays for many conditions have been shortened.
D. Hospital-based nurses are increasingly involved in follow-up care after discharge. - ansB. Greater emphasis
has been placed on curing disease and disability than on preventing them.
A group of nurses are discussing virally sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States. Which STI
would the nurses as affecting the most people?
, a. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)
b. Human papillomavirus (HPV)
c. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
d. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - ansb. Human papillomavirus (HPV)
A group of nurses are reviewing common bacterial sexually transmitted infections. Which statement should the
nurses identify as not being accurate?
a. Gonorrhea can be transmitted to the newborn by direct contact with gonococcal organisms in the cervix.
b. Syphilis can be transmitted through kissing, biting, or oral-genital sex.
c. Chlamydial infections and gonorrhea are more likely to occur in women younger than age 20.
d. Medications for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can be discontinued once symptoms disappear. - ansd.
Medications for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can be discontinued once symptoms disappear.
A group of nurses are reviewing primary and secondary dysmenorrhea. Which of the following should the
nurses identify as representing the difference between the two disorders? (Select all that apply.)
Select all that apply.
a. With primary, the pain originates at the beginning of menses.
b. With primary, the client often complains of abdominal bloating.
c. With secondary, the pain can occur also during ovulation.
d. With primary, the client often presents with systemic symptoms such as dizziness and headache.
e. The pain associated with primary radiates to the back and thighs. - ansa. With primary, the pain originates at
the beginning of menses.
c. With secondary, the pain can occur also during ovulation.
d. With primary, the client often presents with systemic symptoms such as dizziness and headache.
e. The pain associated with primary radiates to the back and thighs.
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