About This Chapter
This testing bank focuses on examining vital test areas including the prenatal care and the stages of birth. Includes provides True/False questions featuring accurate responses, comprehensive explanations, and key term definitions arranged by challenge levels including verified answers, thorough explanations, and definitional guides. Instant answer confirmation with thorough explanatory guidance ensures efficient practice and concept understanding.
The learning outcomes are:
✓ Summarize prenatal development.
✓ Summarize the birth process.
Question 1
Which of the following statements is true of the complications of Rh incompatibility?
- If the fetus' blood is Rh-positive and the mother's is Rh-negative, the fetus' immune system may produce antibodies that will attack the mother.
- Giving blood transfusions to babies affected by Rh incompatibility seldom reduces the complications.
- With each subsequent pregnancy, the risk of complications for an Rh-positive baby of an Rh-negative mother is reduced.
- The risks associated with Rh incompatibility are miscarriage, anemia, jaundice, heart defects, brain damage, or death soon after birth.
Correct Answer:
The risks associated with Rh incompatibility are miscarriage, anemia, jaundice, heart defects, brain damage, or death soon after birth.
Question 2
CenteringPregnancy is an innovative prenatal care program in the United States that provides complete prenatal care
- in individual homes.
- in rural clinical settings.
- in group settings.
- to low-income women only.
Correct Answer:
in group settings.
Glossary:
Social Play: Play that involves social interactions with peers.
Question 3
________ replaces traditional 15-minute physician visits with 90-minute peer group support settings and self-examination led by a physician or certified nurse-midwife.
- CenteringPregnancy
- The use of doulas
- The use of professional midwives
- Nurse Family Partnership
Correct Answer:
CenteringPregnancy
Question 4
According to a recent study, which of the following observations was made about women who participated in the CenteringPregnancy program?
- More women felt secure without the aid of midwives.
- Many women reported feeling more stressed after a session.
- Women had higher breast-feeding rates.
- Low-income women benefited less from the program.
Correct Answer:
Women had higher breast-feeding rates.
Question 5
Which of the following statements is true of the birth process?
- The birth process occurs in three stages.
- The final stage terminates when the baby completely emerges from the mother's body.
- Afterbirth is the second stage of the birth process.
- The final stage is the longest stage lasting approximately 45 minutes.
Correct Answer:
The birth process occurs in three stages.
Question 6
The ________ stage is the longest stage of the birth process.
- fourth
- second
- first
- third
Correct Answer:
first
Glossary:
First Habits and Primary Circular Reactions: Piaget’s second sensorimotor substage, which develops between 1 and 4 months of age. In this substage, the infant coordinates sensation and two types of schemes: habits and primary circular reactions.
Question 7
By the end of the ________, contractions dilate the cervix to an opening of about 10 centimeters (four inches), so that the baby can move from the uterus to the birth canal.
- second trimester
- second birth stage
- third trimester
- first birth stage
Correct Answer:
first birth stage
Glossary:
First Habits and Primary Circular Reactions: Piaget’s second sensorimotor substage, which develops between 1 and 4 months of age. In this substage, the infant coordinates sensation and two types of schemes: habits and primary circular reactions.
Question 8
The second stage of childbirth begins with the ________ and ends with the ________.
- emergence of the child's head; delivery of the placenta
- opening of the cervix; delivery of the child
- emergence of the child's head; delivery of the child
- opening of the cervix; delivery of the placenta
Correct Answer:
emergence of the child's head; delivery of the child
Question 9
Which of the following statements is true of the third stage of the birth process?
- The placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes are detached and expelled.
- It is the longest stage in the birth process.
- It involves complete delivery of the child.
- The third stage usually begins when the baby's head starts to move through the cervix and the birth canal.
Correct Answer:
The placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes are detached and expelled.
Glossary:
Umbilical Cord: Part of the prenatal life-support system that contains two arteries and one vein that connect the baby to the placenta.
Question 10
Natasha is entering the third stage of childbirth, also known as the ________ stage.
- postpartum
- umbilical procedure
- afterbirth
- detachment
Correct Answer:
afterbirth
Glossary:
Afterbirth: The third stage of birth, when the placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes are detached and expelled.
Question 11
________ is the shortest of the three birth stages.
- Involution
- Afterbirth
- Implantation
- Waterbirth
Correct Answer:
Afterbirth
Glossary:
Afterbirth: The third stage of birth, when the placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes are detached and expelled.
Question 12
Which of the following is true of the stages of childbirth?
- The first stage terminates when the baby completely emerges from the mother's body.
- Uterine contractions start in the final stage of the birth process.
- The first stage is the longest of the three birth stages.
- The first stage of birth is longer for a woman who is having her second or third child.
Correct Answer:
The first stage is the longest of the three birth stages.