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NUR 4020--OB EXAM 1 (Ch. 1-2, & 11-18) questions with answers
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NUR 4020--OB EXAM 1 (Ch. 1-2, & 11-18) questions withanswers
What is nursing negligence? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔omitting or committing an act that a
responsibly prudent person would not omit or commit under the same or similar circumstances
What are the client's/patient's rights? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. patient safety goals
established by JCAHO
2. informed consent (allow pt. to make own decisions regarding health and pt. has granted
permission for a tx or procedure
3. right to privacy (to keep person and property free from public scrutiny)
4. confidentiality
What is birth rate? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔# of live births per 1,000 people
What is infant mortality rate? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔# of deaths of infants <1 year old per
1,000 live births
What is neonatal mortality rate? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔# of deaths of infants <28 days old
per 1,000 live births
What is maternal mortality rate? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔# of deaths from any cause related
to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management during pregnancy (including 42 days, or ≤7 weeks
postpartum period) per 100,000 live births
What is a family? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔two or more persons who are joined together by
bonds of sharing & emotional closeness and who identify themselves as being a family
,What are family values and what are they influenced by? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔beliefs
about worth of entity or concept; influenced by cultural background, social norms, education,
environmental influences, SES, & beliefs
What is a nuclear family? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔husband, wife, children
What is a dual career/ dual earner family? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔both parents earn
income
What is an extended family? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the nuclear family plus grandparents,
uncles, aunts, and cousins
What is an extended kin network family? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔two nuclear families
living close by that share support and resources
What is a binuclear family? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Divorced parents assume joint custody
of children
What is acculturation? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔processing of modifying ones culture to fit
within new or dominant culture (i.e. when people leave country of origin)
What is assimilation? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔related to acculturation, described as
adopting and incorporating traits of the new culture within ones practice
What is complementary therapy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔any procedure or product that is
used as adjunct to conventional medical treatment
What is alternative therapy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔used in place of conventional medicine
What do many complementary and alternative therapies emphasize? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔prevention and wellness
,Traditional Chinese medicine seeks to ensure the balance of what? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔energy or Chi
What is the difference between Yin and Yang? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Yin= female, passive,
cool, wet, and close to earth
Yang= masculine, aggressive, hot, dry, and celestial
What is Ayurveda? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Traditional Indian medicine with desire to
balance doshas.
-5 elements: earth, wind, fire, water, and ether
-3 tendencies (doshas): vata, pitta, and kapha
What is infertility? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔failure to achieve a successful pregnancy after 12
months or more of regular unprotected intercourse
What is primary infertility? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔no previous pregnancy
What is secondary infertility? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔inability to conceive after a previous
pregnancy
What is subfertility? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔both couples have reduced fertility
What are the causes of infertility in women? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. unfavorable cervical
mucus (cervicitis, lubricants, anti-sperm antibodies)
2. blocked passage from cervix to tubes (fibroids, polyps, endometriosis, cervical stenosis, adhesions)
3. non-patent Fallopian tubes (PID, IUD, STI's, endometriosis, ectopic pregnancy, tubal ligation)
4. poor ovulation (primary ovarian failure, PCOS, lactation, hypothyroidism)
What are causes of infertility in men? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. poor semen analysis (anti-
sperm antibodies, mumps in adolescence, STI's, abnormal sperm or semen)
, 2. obstructed genital tract (infections, tumors, vasectomy, congenital anomalies, trauma, strictures)
3. ineffective ejaculation (premature ejaculation, impotence, hypospadias, retrograde ejaculation
(diabetes), lesions, obesity (inadequate penetration)
What is recommended to improve infertility? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. avoid douching and
use of artificial lubricants
2. promote retention of sperm; female remain recumbent for 30 minutes
3. avoid leakage of sperm
4. intercourse every other day during fertile period
5. avoid talking about conception during sex
6. good nutrition
7. reduce stress
8. take folic acid
How is infertility tested? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔-Ovulation
-Ovarian insufficiency
-Uterine structures and tubal patency
-Sperm analysis
What is genetics? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔study of individual genes and their impact on
relatively rare single gene disorders
What is genomics? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the study of whole sets of genes and their
interactions with each other, the environment, and psychological and cultural factors
What is a pedigree? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔family health history/tree
What are chromosomes? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔all hereditary material carried on coiled
strands of DNA (46 chromosomes)
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