Midwifery Questions & Answers
What does the word midwife mean? - ANSWERSIt 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 - ANSWERSCulture, social norms, quality of
education and access to health care services.
What does AHPRA stand for? - ANSWERSAustralian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency
What does ANMAC stand for? - ANSWERSAustralian Nursing and Midwifery
Accreditation Council
Give 2 Philosophical underpinnings of the concept of partnership in midwifery -
ANSWERSMidwifery is women centered and midwifery is an independent profession.
List 3 of the 4 domains of the National Competency Standards for the midwife -
ANSWERSLegal and professional practice, midwifery knowledge and practice,
midwifery as primary health care and reflective and ethical practice.
What does CCE stand for? - ANSWERSContinuity of Care Experience
When does the embryonic period end? - ANSWERSWeek 8
What hormone is identified with a positive pregnancy test? - ANSWERSHcG- Human
Chorionic Gonadotropin
List 4 assumptions of Naegeles rule - ANSWERSThe 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 - ANSWERSIt identifies foetal position and confirms
lie which is usually longitudinal, can be oblique or transverse.
What does the word midwife mean? - ANSWERSIt 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 - ANSWERSCulture, social norms, quality of
education and access to health care services.
What does AHPRA stand for? - ANSWERSAustralian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency
What does ANMAC stand for? - ANSWERSAustralian Nursing and Midwifery
Accreditation Council
Give 2 Philosophical underpinnings of the concept of partnership in midwifery -
ANSWERSMidwifery is women centered and midwifery is an independent profession.
List 3 of the 4 domains of the National Competency Standards for the midwife -
ANSWERSLegal and professional practice, midwifery knowledge and practice,
midwifery as primary health care and reflective and ethical practice.
What does CCE stand for? - ANSWERSContinuity of Care Experience
When does the embryonic period end? - ANSWERSWeek 8
What hormone is identified with a positive pregnancy test? - ANSWERSHcG- Human
Chorionic Gonadotropin
List 4 assumptions of Naegeles rule - ANSWERSThe 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 - ANSWERSIt identifies foetal position and confirms
lie which is usually longitudinal, can be oblique or transverse.
