1. Which interventions would help alleviate the problems associated with access to health care for maternity patients (Select all that apply)?
a. Provide
... [Show More] transportation to prenatal visits.
b. Provide childcare so that a pregnant woman may keep prenatal visits.
c. Mandate that physicians make house calls.
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d. Provide low-cost or no-cost health care insurance.
e. Provide job training.
ANS: A, B, D
Lack of transportation to visits, lack of childcare, and lack of affordable health insurance are prohibitive factors
associated with lack of prenatal care. House calls are not a cost-effective approach to health care. Although job
training may result in employment and income, the likelihood of significant changes during the time frame of
the pregnancy is remote.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Implementation REF: 5
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. Which of the following statements indicate that the nurse is practicing appropriate family-centered care
techniques (Select all that apply)?
a. The nurse commands the mother to do as she is told.
b. The nurse allows time for the partner to ask questions.
c. The nurse allows the mother and father to make choices when possible.
d. The nurse informs the family about what is going to happen.
e. The nurse tells the patients sister, who is a nurse, that she cannot be in the room during the delivery.
ANS: B, C
Including the partner in the care process and allowing the couple to make choices are important elements of family-centered care. The nurse should never tell the mother what to do. Family-centered care involves collaboration between the health care team and the client. Unless an institutional policy limits the number of attendants at a delivery, the client should be allowed to have whomever she wants present (except when the
situation is an emergency and guests are asked to leave). PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 8
OBJ: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity [Show Less]