Midwifery Exam Questions & Answers
100% Correct(graded A)
What does the word midwife mean? - ANSWER-It means with women, trained
professional to assist a pregnant women in childbirth and the after care for both mother
and the baby.
Name 4 social determinants of health - ANSWER-Culture, social norms, quality of
education and access to health care services.
What does AHPRA stand for? - ANSWER-Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency
What does ANMAC stand for? - ANSWER-Australian Nursing and Midwifery
Accreditation Council
Give 2 Philosophical underpinnings of the concept of partnership in midwifery -
ANSWER-Midwifery is women centered and midwifery is an independent profession.
List 3 of the 4 domains of the National Competency Standards for the midwife -
ANSWER-Legal and professional practice, midwifery knowledge and practice, midwifery
as primary health care and reflective and ethical practice.
What does CCE stand for? - ANSWER-Continuity of Care Experience
When does the embryonic period end? - ANSWER-Week 8
What hormone is identified with a positive pregnancy test? - ANSWER-HcG- Human
Chorionic Gonadotropin
List 4 assumptions of Naegeles rule - ANSWER-The women takes note of regularity
and length of time between periods, last period was a true period, conception occurred
14 days after 1st day of last period and the women has 28 day cycle.
Purpose of doing lateral palpation - ANSWER-It identifies foetal position and confirms
lie which is usually longitudinal, can be oblique or transverse.
Purpose of measuring fundal height - ANSWER-Reflects foetal growth progression
Why the pregnant woman is given a wedge when assessing - ANSWER-To avoid
compression of the aorta from the gravid uterus as this may affect her oxygen supply to
brain.
100% Correct(graded A)
What does the word midwife mean? - ANSWER-It means with women, trained
professional to assist a pregnant women in childbirth and the after care for both mother
and the baby.
Name 4 social determinants of health - ANSWER-Culture, social norms, quality of
education and access to health care services.
What does AHPRA stand for? - ANSWER-Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency
What does ANMAC stand for? - ANSWER-Australian Nursing and Midwifery
Accreditation Council
Give 2 Philosophical underpinnings of the concept of partnership in midwifery -
ANSWER-Midwifery is women centered and midwifery is an independent profession.
List 3 of the 4 domains of the National Competency Standards for the midwife -
ANSWER-Legal and professional practice, midwifery knowledge and practice, midwifery
as primary health care and reflective and ethical practice.
What does CCE stand for? - ANSWER-Continuity of Care Experience
When does the embryonic period end? - ANSWER-Week 8
What hormone is identified with a positive pregnancy test? - ANSWER-HcG- Human
Chorionic Gonadotropin
List 4 assumptions of Naegeles rule - ANSWER-The women takes note of regularity
and length of time between periods, last period was a true period, conception occurred
14 days after 1st day of last period and the women has 28 day cycle.
Purpose of doing lateral palpation - ANSWER-It identifies foetal position and confirms
lie which is usually longitudinal, can be oblique or transverse.
Purpose of measuring fundal height - ANSWER-Reflects foetal growth progression
Why the pregnant woman is given a wedge when assessing - ANSWER-To avoid
compression of the aorta from the gravid uterus as this may affect her oxygen supply to
brain.
