MULTIPLECHOICE 1. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in the early 20th century? a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and delivery. 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 Feedback A 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. B The development of forceps to help physicians facilitate difficult births was a strong factor in the decrease of home births and increase of hospital births. Other important discoveriesincluded chloroform, drugs to initiate labor, and the advancement of operative procedures such a cesarean birth. C Unlike home-births, early hospital births hindered bonding between parents and their infants. D Technological developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment 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