Test Bank for Maternal Child Nursing, 3rd

Edition Questions with correct answers 2023

b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.

c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was identified.

d. Technologic developments became available to physicians.

ANS: D

Technologic developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives. So in-hospital

births increased in order to take advantage of these advancements. Puerperal sepsis has been a

known problem for generations. In the late 19th century, Semmelweis discovered how it could

be prevented with improved hygienic practices. The development of forceps is an example of

a technology advance made in the early 20th century but is not the only reason birthplaces

moved. Unlike home births, early hospital births hindered bonding between parents and their

infants.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remembering

REF: p. 1 OBJ: Integrated Process: Teaching-Learning

MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment

2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to

a. demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth.

b. the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921.

c. parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in

a nursery.

d. changes in pharmacologic management of labor.

ANS: C

As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, parents

began to insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually developed into the

practice of rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care. Family-centered care

was a request by parents, not physicians. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 provided

funds for state-managed programs for mothers and children. The changes in

pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care.

PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge/Remembering

REF: p. 2 OBJ: Integrated Process: Teaching-Learning

MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

3. Which setting for childbirth allows the least amount of parent-infant contact?

a. Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room

b. Birth center

c. Traditional hospital birth

d. Home birth