Chapter 01: Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today
Foundations of Maternal-Newborn & Women’s Health Nursing, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse educator is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of familycentered maternity care. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching
session?
a.
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
b.
Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
c.
Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice of familycentered care.
d.
Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery initiated
the practice of family-centered care.
ANS: D
2. Expectant parents ask a prenatal nurse educator, “Which setting for childbirth limits
the amount of parent–infant interaction?” Which answer should the nurse provide for
these parents in order to assist them in choosing an appropriate birth setting?
a.
Birth center
b.
Home birth
c.
Traditional hospital birth
d.
Labor, birth, and recovery room
ANS: 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. Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in
parent–infant contact. Home births allow the greatest amount of parent–infant contact. The
labor, birth, recovery, and postpartum room setting allows for increased parent–infant contact.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: Patient Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance