Palliative of care is reserved for patients who are terminally ill – correct answer False
Slightly more than _ percent of Americans living today are 60 years old or older – correct answer 6 The acronym PANDA stands for the work of a medical team at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC that focuses on – correct answer Pediatric advanced needs assessment and care team Which of the following is not a common site for the delivery of a hospice service? – correct answer on a general studies college campus The modern hospice movement began in – correct answer England The first hospice in the United States was located in – correct answer Connecticut In 2012, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that patients with lung cancer who received palliative of care showed the following – correct answer All of the above The national board for certification of hospice and palliative nurses provides certification for all but the – correct answer Licensed Social Worker Palliative and hospice nurses should be well versed in _ according to areas of
emphasis on the certification examination – correct answer Pain Management
The center for palliative cara reports that there are approximately __ hospitals
with palliative care teams in place today – correct answer 1500
- The often sudden loss of blood through a tear in one or more blood vessels
- I physician who is trained in the practice of obstetrics; The area of medicine focused
on childbirth in the care of pregnant women - The period of time immediately before and after birth
- The period immediately following childbirth – correct answer 1. Hemorrhage
- Obstetrician
- Perinatal
- Postpartum
Why were the midwife’s skills thought to be magical during the Middle Ages? – correct
answer Most midwives were women, and because women were often illiterate
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because they could not attend school, people thought they had too much “mysterious”
knowledge to be trusted to help deliver babies.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the increase in hospital-based births during
the twentieth century? – correct answer The hospitals would pay the doctors to bring
their patients to their facility for delivery.
Mary Breckenridge was the founder of _. – correct answer The Frontier
Nursing Service
Mary Breckenridge knew from first-hand experience the pain of losing a child at birth. –
correct answer True
The Maternity Center Association was formed by _. – correct answer an
organization formed by several influential New York women who were interested in
improving the quality of women’s health in the city’s growing neighborhoods
The efforts of the Maternity Center Association did not meet with city approval and
midwifery training was sharply curtailed as a result. – correct answer False
The Midwife’s Model of Care includes . – correct answer that the midwife will provide the mother a combination of education, counseling and care. Nurse-midwives need no training or experience prior to enrolling in an accredited nursemidwife training program. – correct answer False. Which of the following is NOT relevant to a nurse-midwife’s professional standards and practices? – correct answer The AMA-Guidelines for Obstetricians Nurse-midwives with a background in public health may be uniquely qualified to work with . – correct answer Doctors? Not women who do not want to be actively
engaged in their own pregnancies and rely on the healthcare professional to prepare for
every contingency. - A notable change in the intensity, timing, or rhythm of a heartbeat
- Newborns and infants, particularly children who are withing the first month following
birth - Development of children and proper treatment for childhood illnesses
- The process of transmitting data and using telecommunications from one location to
another. – correct answer 1. Arrhythmia - Neonatal
- Pediatrics
- Telemetry
Critical care telemetry units focus on _. – correct answer electronic monitoring of
patients’ heart rates and other vital signs