Author Question: The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized ... (Read 111 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for infant mortality rates.

When developing programs to assist in decreasing theses rates, which factor would most likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact? A) Resolving all language and cultural differences
B) Ensuring early and adequate prenatal care
C) Providing more extensive women's shelters
D) Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet

Question 2

A nurse is conducting a health history for a 1-month-old with an infectious disorder. Which segment of the health history would be most helpful for the nurse when determining if the infant developed the infection from the mother?

A) Family history
B) Past medical history
C) Home treatments
D) Present illness history

meganmoser117 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
The lack of prenatal care during pregnancy is a major factor contributing to a poor outcome. Prenatal care is well known to prevent complications of pregnancy and to support the birth of healthy infants. Infant mortality commonly includes problems occurring at birth or shortly thereafter. Thus, ensuring early and adequate prenatal care would have the greatest impact on decreasing these rates. Resolving all language and cultural differences would be helpful but is unrealistic. Providing more extensive women's shelters would be helpful for women who are victims of abuse. Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet is helpful but would not decrease infant mortality rates.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
Past medical history will provide information about the mother's pregnancy and delivery, giving insight into the possibility of maternal transmission of the infection. Family history would provide information about lack of immunizations or recent infectious or communicable diseases. Home treatments and present illness history would provide no information about the possibility of maternal transmission of infection.