Unit 1 Review

Question 1

Today, many patients view physical health more important than quality of health.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The primary goal of maternal health nursing is to maintain optimal family health

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The 2020 National Health Goals are intended to help encourage participation in improving health in the community in the next decade.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Planning for nursing care is most effective when it is designed around the family and community

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A family can be defined as “two or more people who live in the same household, share a common emotional bond, and perform certain interrelated social tasks.”

Answer 5

True

Question 6

It’s important for the nurse to always base a nursing care plan on his or her cultural values.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Indirect home care refers to a nurse planning and supervising care given by others.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

A major part of nursing care is to empower clients to feel control over their bodies.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The ovaries are attached to the fallopian tubes via ligaments.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The first phase of the menstrual cycle is referred to as the secretory phase

Answer 10

False

Question 11

_________ _______ _________ is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about all patients.

Answer 11

Evidence Based Practice

Question 12

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are secreted by the _____ _____ gland.

Answer 12

Anterior Pituitary

Question 13

Define obstetrics:

Answer 13

Medical science concerned to childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth

Question 14

List three socioeconomic factors that contribute to the relatively high maternal and infant death rates in the United States.

Answer 14

1- limited maternal education, young maternal age, poor nutrition, smoking
2-unmarried status, poverty, alcohol/drug and poor health
3- lack of prenatal care, hypertension

Question 15

What is neonatal mortality

Answer 15

infant death within 28 days of life

Question 16

Over the years why how has maternity care changed?

Answer 16

EARLY EDUCATION –> early prenatal care

Question 17

What happens in the menstrual phase?

Answer 17

menstruation occurs estrogen and progesterone- endometrium lining shed

Question 18

What happens in the proliferative phase?

Answer 18

estrogen phase- endometrium begins to build – egg follicle

Question 19

What happens in the secretory phase?

Answer 19

estrogen/ progesterone produced (CL develops endometrium thick)

Question 20

What happens in the ischemic phase?

Answer 20

if no fertilization occurs- CL degenerates- hormones decrease

Question 21

List the three (3) functions of the vaginal opening.

Answer 21

1. movement of sperm
2. exit point for menstrual flow
3. protect against trauma

Question 22

What are the different shapes of a woman’s pelvis?

Answer 22

a. Gynecoid
b. Android
c. Anthropoid
d. Platypelloid

Question 23

What two (2) hormones do the ovaries produce?

Answer 23

Estrogen and progesterone

Question 24

Describe the tissue lining the vagina? AND Why is it formed in that way?

Answer 24

Rugae

To allow expansion and flexibility during the delivery process

Question 25

Differentiate between the true and the false pelvis.

Answer 25

TRUE PELVIS- is the birth canal

FALSE PELVIS- supports the large uterus