Test Bank for
Maternal-Child Nursing 6th Edition
by Emily Slone McKinney, Susan Rowen James, Sharon Smith Murray
All Chapters Covered|| 100% Verified Answers|| Latest Edition|| 2025|| ISBN-13 978-0323697880
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, 27. The Woman with an Intrapartum Complication
28. The Woman with a Postpartum Complication
29. The High-Risk Newborn: Problems Related to
Table of Content Gestational Age and Development
Unit I: Introduction to Maternal-Child Health 30. The High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and
Nursing Congenital Conditions
1. Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and 31. Management of Fertility and Infertility
Child Health Nursing
32. Women’s Health Care
2. The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health,
Unit III Pediatric Nursing Care
and Pediatric Nursing
33. Physical Assessment of Children
3. The Childbearing and Child-Rearing Family
34. Emergency Care of the Child
4. Communicating with Children and Families
35. The Ill Child in the Hospital and Other Care
5. Health Promotion for the Developing Child
Settings
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6. Health Promotion for the Infant
36. The Child with a Chronic Condition or Terminal
7. Health Promotion During Early Childhood Illness
8. Health Promotion for the School-Age Child 37.
LE Principles and Procedures for Nursing Care of
Children
9. Health Promotion for the Adolescent
38. Medication Administration and Safety for Infants
10. Heredity and Environmental Influences on and Children
Development
39. Pain Management for Children
ST
Unit II: Maternity Nursing Care
40. The Child with a Fluid and Electrolyte Alteration
11. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
41. The Child with an Infectious Disease
12. Conception and Prenatal Development
42. The Child with an Immunologic Alteration
13. Adaptations to Pregnancy
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43. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Alteration
14. Nutrition for Childbearing
44. The Child with a Genitourinary Alteration
15. Prenatal Diagnostic Tests
45. The Child with a Respiratory Alteration
16. Giving Birth
46. The Child with a Cardiovascular Alteration
17. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
47. The Child with a Hematologic Alteration
18. Pain Management for Childbirth
48. The Child with Cancer
19. Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures
49. The Child with an Alteration in Tissue Integrity
20. Postpartum Adaptations
50. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Alteration
21. The Normal Newborn: Adaptation and
Assessment 51. The Child with an Endocrine or Metabolic
Alteration
22. The Normal Newborn: Nursing Care
52. The Child with a Neurologic Alteration
23. Newborn Feeding
53. Psychosocial Problems in Children and Families
24. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs
54. The Child with a Developmental Disability
25. Pregnancy-Related Complications
55. The Child with a Sensory Alteration
26. Concurrent Disorders During Pregnancy
,Chapter 1: Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health Nursing Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in the early 20th
century?
a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and delivery.
b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was identified.
d. Technologic developments became available to physicians.
Answer: D
Feedback
C
A Puerperal sepsis has been a known problem for generations. In the late 19th century, Semmelweis
discovered how it could be prevented with improved
hygienic practices.
B
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The development of forceps to help physicians facilitate difficult births was a strong factor in the decrease
of home births and increase of hospital births. Other important discoveries included chloroform, drugs to initiate
labor, and the
ST
advancement of operative procedures such a cesarean birth.
C Unlike home-births, early hospital births hindered bonding between parents and
their infants.
BE
D Technological developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to:
a. Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth
b. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
c. Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery
d. Changes in pharmacologic management of labor
Answer: C
Feedback
A Family-centered care was a request by parents, not physicians.
, B The Sheppard-Towner Act provided funds for state-managed programs for
mothers and children.
C As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, parents began to insist
that the infant remain with them. This gradually
developed into the practice of rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care.
D The changes in pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. Which setting for childbirth allows the least amount of parent-infant contact?
a. Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room
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b. Birth center
c. Traditional hospital birth LE
d. Home-birth
Answer: C
ST
Feedback
A The labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room setting allows increased parent- infant contact.
B Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
BE
C In the traditional hospital setting, the mother may see the infant for only short
feeding periods, and the infant is cared for in a separate nursery.
D Home births allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. As a result of changes in health care delivery and funding, a current trend seen in the pediatric setting is:
a. Increased hospitalization of children
b. Decreased number of children living in poverty
c. An increase in ambulatory care
d. Decreased use of managed care
Maternal-Child Nursing 6th Edition
by Emily Slone McKinney, Susan Rowen James, Sharon Smith Murray
All Chapters Covered|| 100% Verified Answers|| Latest Edition|| 2025|| ISBN-13 978-0323697880
C
LE
ST
BE
, 27. The Woman with an Intrapartum Complication
28. The Woman with a Postpartum Complication
29. The High-Risk Newborn: Problems Related to
Table of Content Gestational Age and Development
Unit I: Introduction to Maternal-Child Health 30. The High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and
Nursing Congenital Conditions
1. Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and 31. Management of Fertility and Infertility
Child Health Nursing
32. Women’s Health Care
2. The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health,
Unit III Pediatric Nursing Care
and Pediatric Nursing
33. Physical Assessment of Children
3. The Childbearing and Child-Rearing Family
34. Emergency Care of the Child
4. Communicating with Children and Families
35. The Ill Child in the Hospital and Other Care
5. Health Promotion for the Developing Child
Settings
C
6. Health Promotion for the Infant
36. The Child with a Chronic Condition or Terminal
7. Health Promotion During Early Childhood Illness
8. Health Promotion for the School-Age Child 37.
LE Principles and Procedures for Nursing Care of
Children
9. Health Promotion for the Adolescent
38. Medication Administration and Safety for Infants
10. Heredity and Environmental Influences on and Children
Development
39. Pain Management for Children
ST
Unit II: Maternity Nursing Care
40. The Child with a Fluid and Electrolyte Alteration
11. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
41. The Child with an Infectious Disease
12. Conception and Prenatal Development
42. The Child with an Immunologic Alteration
13. Adaptations to Pregnancy
BE
43. The Child with a Gastrointestinal Alteration
14. Nutrition for Childbearing
44. The Child with a Genitourinary Alteration
15. Prenatal Diagnostic Tests
45. The Child with a Respiratory Alteration
16. Giving Birth
46. The Child with a Cardiovascular Alteration
17. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
47. The Child with a Hematologic Alteration
18. Pain Management for Childbirth
48. The Child with Cancer
19. Nursing Care During Obstetric Procedures
49. The Child with an Alteration in Tissue Integrity
20. Postpartum Adaptations
50. The Child with a Musculoskeletal Alteration
21. The Normal Newborn: Adaptation and
Assessment 51. The Child with an Endocrine or Metabolic
Alteration
22. The Normal Newborn: Nursing Care
52. The Child with a Neurologic Alteration
23. Newborn Feeding
53. Psychosocial Problems in Children and Families
24. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs
54. The Child with a Developmental Disability
25. Pregnancy-Related Complications
55. The Child with a Sensory Alteration
26. Concurrent Disorders During Pregnancy
,Chapter 1: Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health Nursing Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in the early 20th
century?
a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and delivery.
b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was identified.
d. Technologic developments became available to physicians.
Answer: D
Feedback
C
A Puerperal sepsis has been a known problem for generations. In the late 19th century, Semmelweis
discovered how it could be prevented with improved
hygienic practices.
B
LE
The development of forceps to help physicians facilitate difficult births was a strong factor in the decrease
of home births and increase of hospital births. Other important discoveries included chloroform, drugs to initiate
labor, and the
ST
advancement of operative procedures such a cesarean birth.
C Unlike home-births, early hospital births hindered bonding between parents and
their infants.
BE
D Technological developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to:
a. Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth
b. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
c. Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery
d. Changes in pharmacologic management of labor
Answer: C
Feedback
A Family-centered care was a request by parents, not physicians.
, B The Sheppard-Towner Act provided funds for state-managed programs for
mothers and children.
C As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, parents began to insist
that the infant remain with them. This gradually
developed into the practice of rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care.
D The changes in pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. Which setting for childbirth allows the least amount of parent-infant contact?
a. Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room
C
b. Birth center
c. Traditional hospital birth LE
d. Home-birth
Answer: C
ST
Feedback
A The labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room setting allows increased parent- infant contact.
B Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
BE
C In the traditional hospital setting, the mother may see the infant for only short
feeding periods, and the infant is cared for in a separate nursery.
D Home births allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. As a result of changes in health care delivery and funding, a current trend seen in the pediatric setting is:
a. Increased hospitalization of children
b. Decreased number of children living in poverty
c. An increase in ambulatory care
d. Decreased use of managed care
