Maternity and Women’s Health Care, 13th Edition (Lowdermilk, 2024)
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Maternity and Women's Health Care
13th Edition
by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry
,Maternity and Women’s Health Care, 13th Edition (Lowdermilk, 2024)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
Chapter 2: Community Care: The Family and Culture
Chapter 3: Nursing and Genomics
Chapter 4: Assessment and Health Promotion
Chapter 5: Violence Against Women
Chapter 6: Reproductive System Concerns
Chapter 7: Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections
Chapter 8: Contraception and Abortion
Chapter 9: Infertility
Chapter 10: Problems of the Breast
Chapter 11: Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System
Chapter 12: Conception and Fetal Development
Chapter 13: Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
Chapter 14: Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
Chapter 15: Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes
Chapter 17: Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Woman
Chapter 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor
Chapter 19: Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
Chapter 20: Postpartum Physiologic Changes
Chapter 21: Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
Chapter 22: Trition to Parenthood
Chapter 23: Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
Chapter 24: Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
Chapter 25: Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
Chapter 26: Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy
Chapter 27: Hypertensive Disorders
Chapter 28: Hemorrhagic Disorders
Chapter 29: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Chapter 30: Medical-Surgical Disorders
Chapter 31: Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
Chapter 32: Labor and Birth Complications
Chapter 33: Postpartum Complications
Chapter 34: Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn
Chapter 35: Acquired Problems of the Newborn
Chapter 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
Chapter 37: Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief
,Maternity and Women’s Health Care, 13th Edition (Lowdermilk, 2024)
Chapter 1: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
a. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW)
infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider?
a. African-American race
b. Cigarette smoking
c. Poor nutritional status
d. Limited maternal education
SELECTED ANSWER: A
For African-American births, the incidence of LBW infants is twice that of Caucasian births.
Race is a nonmodifiable risk factor. Cigarette smoking is an important factor in potential infant
mortality rates, but it is not the most important. Additionally, smoking is a modifiable risk factor.
Poor nutrition is an important factor in potential infant mortality rates, but it is not the most
important. Additionally, nutritional status is a modifiable risk factor. Maternal education is an
important factor in potential infant mortality rates, but it is not the most important. Additionally,
maternal education is a modifiable risk factor.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: IM:
TOPIC: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance, Antepartum Care
b. What is the primary role of practicing nurses in the research process?
e. Designing research studies
f. Collecting data for other researchers
g. Identifying researchable problems
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h. Seeking funding to support research studies
SELECTED ANSWER: C
When problems are identified, research can be properly conducted. Research of health care
issues leads to evidence-based practice guidelines. Designing research studies is only one factor
of the research process. Data collection is another factor of research. Financial support is
necessary to conduct research, but it is not the primary role of the nurse in the research process.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: im: 14 TOPIC: Nursing Process:
N/AMSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
c. A 23-year-old African-American woman is pregnant with her first child. Based on
the statistics for infant mortality, which plan is most important for the nurse to
implement?
i. Perform a nutrition assessment.
j. Refer the woman to a social worker.
k. Advise the woman to see an obstetrician, not a midwife.
l. Explain to the woman the importance of keeping her prenatal care appointments.
SELECTED ANSWER: D
Consistent prenatal care is the best method of preventing or controlling risk factors associated
with infant mortality. Nutritional status is an important modifiable risk factor, but it is not the
most important action a nurse should take in this situation. The client may need assistance from a
social worker at some time during her pregnancy, but a referral to a social worker is not the most
important aspect the nurse should address at this time. If the woman has identifiable high-risk
problems, then her health care may need to be provided by a physician. However, it cannot be
assumed that all African-American women have high-risk issues. In addition, advising the
woman to see an obstetrician is not the most important aspect on which the nurse should focus at
this time, and it is not appropriate for a nurse to advise or manage the type of care a client is to
receive.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: IM: TOPIC: Nursing Process: Planning
