Doula Final Questions And Answers Latest Update
Doula Final Questions And
Answers Latest Update
What are the 5 facets of support? - ✔✔✔-1. Emotional Support
2. Physical Support
3. Informational Support
4. Partner Reinforcement
5. Self Advocacy
According to the Standards of Practice, any position change of the mother during
labor should be approved by... - ✔✔✔-the attending physician or midwife.
Explaining a medical procedure that is routinely performed during birth in a
hospital is.. - ✔✔✔-informational support
_________ is a simple skill that is almost never used by people who are not paid to
do it. Professional therapists, psychologists and clergy are trained to listen in this
way, and that is why they are sought out by people to unburden themselves. -
✔✔✔-Active listening
Why is active listening so hard? - ✔✔✔-Your brain works four times the rate that
someone can speak, so it is only natural that when we are having a conversation
we are thinking ahead about what we want to say rather than actually listening.
The act of listening should be tiring; - ✔✔✔-it requires energy to do it right.
The Four Steps of Active Listening: - ✔✔✔-1. Focus on the person
2. Use Receptive Language
3. Listen for Key Words
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4. Rephrase
In the Houston study, more than ________ of the women without a Doula requested
or required epidural anesthesia - compared with only _______ percent in the Doula
group. - ✔✔✔-Half; 8%
Studies document forceps deliveries are ________ percent less for Doula-supported
births, a difference largely due to the more frequent use of epidural anesthesia in
the no-doula groups. - ✔✔✔-40%
In one Guatemalan study, only _______ percent of women who had a Doula required
________. - ✔✔✔-2% ; oxytocin
_____________ connect their clients with resources in the community that might be
able to meet the specific needs of the mother after the baby is born. The Doula can
provide a valuable service by linking her clients with agencies that can help her
and her family. - ✔✔✔-Service brokers
How many types of birth are there? - ✔✔✔-4
As a doula it's your job to help your client learn how to prepare her pregnant body
to give birth. You have to teach her the ____________of birth, which is essentially
that her body is a container that must let out a large object. - ✔✔✔-practical
physics
___________ is commonly used to treat in-coordinate uterine activity, but
pregnancies complicated by dystocia often end with assisted deliveries, including
forceps, ventouse or, commonly, caesarean section. - ✔✔✔-Synthetic Oxytocin
(Pitocin)
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Doula Final Questions And
Answers Latest Update
What are the 5 facets of support? - ✔✔✔-1. Emotional Support
2. Physical Support
3. Informational Support
4. Partner Reinforcement
5. Self Advocacy
According to the Standards of Practice, any position change of the mother during
labor should be approved by... - ✔✔✔-the attending physician or midwife.
Explaining a medical procedure that is routinely performed during birth in a
hospital is.. - ✔✔✔-informational support
_________ is a simple skill that is almost never used by people who are not paid to
do it. Professional therapists, psychologists and clergy are trained to listen in this
way, and that is why they are sought out by people to unburden themselves. -
✔✔✔-Active listening
Why is active listening so hard? - ✔✔✔-Your brain works four times the rate that
someone can speak, so it is only natural that when we are having a conversation
we are thinking ahead about what we want to say rather than actually listening.
The act of listening should be tiring; - ✔✔✔-it requires energy to do it right.
The Four Steps of Active Listening: - ✔✔✔-1. Focus on the person
2. Use Receptive Language
3. Listen for Key Words
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4. Rephrase
In the Houston study, more than ________ of the women without a Doula requested
or required epidural anesthesia - compared with only _______ percent in the Doula
group. - ✔✔✔-Half; 8%
Studies document forceps deliveries are ________ percent less for Doula-supported
births, a difference largely due to the more frequent use of epidural anesthesia in
the no-doula groups. - ✔✔✔-40%
In one Guatemalan study, only _______ percent of women who had a Doula required
________. - ✔✔✔-2% ; oxytocin
_____________ connect their clients with resources in the community that might be
able to meet the specific needs of the mother after the baby is born. The Doula can
provide a valuable service by linking her clients with agencies that can help her
and her family. - ✔✔✔-Service brokers
How many types of birth are there? - ✔✔✔-4
As a doula it's your job to help your client learn how to prepare her pregnant body
to give birth. You have to teach her the ____________of birth, which is essentially
that her body is a container that must let out a large object. - ✔✔✔-practical
physics
___________ is commonly used to treat in-coordinate uterine activity, but
pregnancies complicated by dystocia often end with assisted deliveries, including
forceps, ventouse or, commonly, caesarean section. - ✔✔✔-Synthetic Oxytocin
(Pitocin)
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