Test Bank for Maternal Child Nursing Care 7th Edition by Shannon Latest Updated 2024 All Chapters With Satisfied Solutions Rated A+ By Expert

Test Bank for Maternal Child Nursing Care 7th Edition by Shannon Latest Updated 2024 All Chapters With Satisfied Solutions Rated A+ By Expert


Chapter 01: Community Care: The Family and Culture

1. A married couple lives in a single-family house with their newborn son and the husband‘s daughter from a previous marriage. On the basis of the information given, what family form best describes this family?


a. Married-blended family c. Nuclear family


b. Extended family d. Same-sex family


ANS: A

2. In what form do families tend to be most sociallyvulnerable?


a. Married-blended family c. Nuclear family


b. Extended family d. Single-parent family


ANS: D

3. Health care functions carried out by families to meet their members‘ needs include:


a. Developing family budgets.





b. Socializing children.







c. Meeting nutritional requirements.


d. Teaching family members about birthcontrol.


ANS: C

4. The nurse should be aware that the criteria used to make decisions and solve problems within families are based primarily on family:


a. Rituals and customs. c. Boundaries and channels.


b. Values and beliefs. d. Socialization processes.


ANS: B

5. Using the family stress theory as an intervention approach for working with families experiencing parenting, the nurse can help the family change internal context factors. These include:


a. Biologic and genetic makeup.


b. Maturation of family members.


c. The family‘s perception of theevent.


d. The prevailing cultural beliefs ofsociety.


ANS: C






6. While working in the prenatal clinic, you care for a very diverse group of patients. When planning interventions for these families, you realize that acceptance of the interventions will be most influenced by:


a. Educational achievement. c. Subcultural group.


b. Income level. d. Individual beliefs.


ANS: D

7. The nurse‘s care of a Hispanic family includes teaching about infant care. When developing a plan of care, the nurse bases interventions on the knowledge that in traditional Hispanic families:


a. Breastfeeding is encouraged immediately after birth.


b. Male infants typically are circumcised.


c. The maternal grandmother participates in the care of the mother and her infant.


d. Special herbs mixed in water are used to stimulate the passage ofmeconium.


ANS: C

8. The woman‘s family members are present when the home care maternal-child nurse arrives for a postpartum and newborn visit. What should the nurse do?


a. Observe the family members‘ interactions with the newborn and one another.


b. Ask the woman to meet with her and the baby alone.







c. Do a brief assessment on all family members present.


d. Reschedule the visit for another time so that the mother and infant canbe assessed privately.


ANS: A