2024 Test Bank For Olds'
Maternal-Newborn Nursing &
Women's Health Across the
Lifespan 11th Edition by
Michele C. Davidson Marcia
London Patricia
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The nurse is speaking to students about changes in
maternal-newborn care. One change is that self-care has
gained wide acceptance with clients and the healthcare
community due to research findings that suggest that it has
which effect?
1. Shortens newborn length of stay
2. Decreases use of home health agencies
3. Decreases healthcare costs
4. Decreases the number of emergency department visits -
ANS-Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Research indicates that self-care
significantly decreases healthcare costs.
Care delivered by nurse-midwives can be safe and effective
and can represent a positive response to the healthcare
provider shortage. Nurse midwives tend to use less
technology, which often results in which of the following?
1. There is less trauma to the mother.
2. More childbirth education classes are available.
3. They are instrumental in providing change in the birth
environment at work.
4. They advocate for more home healthcare agencies. - ANSAnswer: 1
Explanation: 1. Nurse-midwife models of care can be one
way to ensure that mothers receive excellent prenatal and
intrapartum care.
The nurse is telling a new client how advanced technology
has permitted the physician to do which of the following?
1. Treat the fetus and monitor fetal development.
2. Deliver at home with a nurse-midwife and doula.
3. Have the father present as the coach and cut the
umbilical cord.
4. Breastfeed a new baby on the delivery table. - ANSAnswer: 1
Explanation: 1. The fetus is increasingly viewed as a patient
separate from the mother, although treatment of the fetus
necessarily involves the mother.
A nurse is examining different nursing roles. Which example
best illustrates an advanced practice nursing role?
1. A registered nurse who is the manager of a large
obstetrical unit
2. A registered nurse who is the circulating nurse during
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