Chapter 02: The Nurse's Role in Maternity and Women's Health Care

Chapter 02: The Nurse’s Role in Maternity and Women’s Health Care

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Which principle of teaching should the nurse use to ensure learning in a family situation?

a.	Motivate the family with praise and positive feedback.
b.	Learning is best accomplished with the lecture format.
c.	Present complex subject material first while the family is alert and ready to learn.
d.	Families should be taught using medical jargon so they will be able to understand the technical language used by physicians.

 

 

ANS:  A

Praise and positive feedback are particularly important when a family is trying to master a frustrating task such as breastfeeding. A lively discussion stimulates more learning than a straight lecture, which tends to inhibit questions. Learning is enhanced when the teaching is structured to present the simple tasks before the complex material. Even though a family may understand English fairly well, they may not understand the medical terminology or slang terms that are used.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   18, 19

OBJ:   Nursing Process Step: Planning        MSC:  Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

2. Which nursing intervention is an independent function of the nurse?

a.	Administering oral analgesics
b.	Requesting diagnostic studies
c.	Teaching the client perineal care
d.	Providing wound care to a surgical incision

 

 

ANS:  C

Nurses are now responsible for various independent functions, including teaching, counseling, and intervening in nonmedical problems. Interventions initiated by the physician and carried out by the nurse are called dependent functions. Administrating oral analgesics is a dependent function; it is initiated by a physician and carried out by a nurse. Requesting diagnostic studies is a dependent function. Providing wound care is a dependent function; it is usually initiated by the physician through direct orders or protocol.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Understanding       REF:   24

OBJ:   Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment

 

3. Which most therapeutic response to the client’s statement, “I’m afraid to have a cesarean birth” should be made by the nurse?

a.	“Everything will be OK.”
b.	“Don’t worry about it. It will be over soon.”
c.	“What concerns you most about a cesarean birth?”
d.	“The physician will be in later and you can talk to him.”

 

 

ANS:  C

The response, “What concerns you most about a cesarean birth” focuses on what the client is saying and asks for clarification, which is the most therapeutic response. The response, “Everything will be ok” is belittling the client’s feelings. The response, “Don’t worry about it. It will be over soon” will indicate that the client’s feelings are not important. The response, “The physician will be in later and you can talk to him” does not allow the client to verbalize her feelings when she wishes to do that.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   18

OBJ:   Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

 

4. Which action should the nurse take to evaluate the client’s learning about performing infant care?

a.	Demonstrate infant care procedures.
b.	Allow the client to verbalize the procedure.
c.	Routinely assess the infant for cleanliness.
d.	Observe the client as she performs the procedure.

 

 

ANS:  D

The client’s correct performance of the procedure under the nurse’s supervision is the best proof of her ability. Demonstration is an excellent teaching method, but not an evaluation method. During verbalization of the procedure, the nurse may not pick up on techniques that are incorrect. It is not the best tool for evaluation. Routinely assessing the infant for cleanliness will not ensure that the proper procedure is carried out. The nurse may miss seeing that unsafe techniques being used.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   21

OBJ:   Nursing Process Step: Evaluation     MSC:  Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

5. A nurse is reviewing teaching and learning principles. Which situation is most conducive to learning?

a.	An auditorium is being used as a classroom for 300 students.
b.	A teacher who speaks very little Spanish is teaching a class of Hispanic students.
c.	A class is composed of students of various ages and educational backgrounds.
d.	An Asian nurse provides nutritional information to a group of pregnant Asian women.

 

 

ANS:  D

A client’s culture influences the learning process; thus, a situation that is most conducive to learning is one in which the teacher has knowledge and understanding of the client’s cultural beliefs. A large class is not conducive to learning. It does not allow questions, and the teacher cannot see nonverbal cues from the students to ensure understanding. The ability to understand the language in which teaching is done determines how much the client learns. Clients for whom English is not their primary language may not understand idioms, nuances, slang terms, informed usage of words, or medical terms. The teacher should be fluent in the language of the student. Developmental levels and educational levels influence how a person learns best. For the teacher to present the information in the best way, the class should be at the same level.

 

PTS:   1                    DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application           REF:   20

OBJ:   Nursing Process Step: Planning        MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity