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09madisonrousseau09

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Which statement explains why below poverty level African-Americans have the highest infant mortality rate in the United States?
 
  a. Their diets are deficient in protein.
  b. Infectious diseases are more prevalent.
  c. More African-American infants are born with congenital anomalies.
  d. Inadequate prenatal care is associated with low-birth-weight infants.

Question 2

A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of family-centered maternity care. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching session?
 
  a. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
  b. Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
  c. Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice of family-centered care.
  d. Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery initiated the practice of family-centered care.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Inadequate prenatal care is the major factor associated with low-birth-weight infants, who are less likely to survive. A deficiency in protein is not a risk factor associated with infant mortality. Infectious disease is not more prevalent in the African-American population. There is not a higher incidence of congenital anomalies in the African-American population.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-infant contact, parents began to insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually developed into the practice of rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care. The Sheppard-Towner Act provided funds for state-managed programs for mothers and children but did not promote family-centered care. The changes in pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care. Family-centered care was a request by parents, not physicians.



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