Medical & Nursing Student Support Quiz 2

Symptoms of Labor

For this quiz, you need to revisit antenatal care.

Useful books include the following:

McCall Sellers PA, Dippenaar J, De Sera D 2012: Sellers’ Midwifery, second edition, Juta Cape Town
Marshall J, Raynor M & Nolte A 2016: Myles Textbook for Midwives, African edition. Elsevier publishers
Guidelines for Maternity Care in South Africa, Department of Health, 2015

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Answer as many questions as you can, at the end of the Quiz you will receive a Memorandum with your provided answers, as well as possible correct answers. The Memorandum will also be sent to the email address you provide. Have fun!

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Supply the corrects Answers to the following:
1. Four aims of antenatal care, are: (4)
2. Advantages of breastfeeding include: (3)
3. Define gravida: (1)
4. Define Para: (1)
5. Identify the normal findings for the following laboratory tests in pregnancy: (4)

(a) Hct (hematocrit)
(b) Hb (hemoglobin)
(c) Urinalysis (sugar)
(d) Urinalysis (protein)

Did you know?

If the RBC and the hemoglobin are both normal, it is possible to estimate the hematocrit as being approximately three times the hemoglobin. For example, a person whose hematocrit is 30% would have hemoglobin of approximately 10 gm.
6. Explain how the midwife can help to reduce a woman’s anxiety on her first visit to the antenatal clinic of a government hospital to confirm pregnancy: (2)
7. What would you suggest for relief of varicose veins during pregnancy? (1)
8. What can be done to cope with leg cramps in pregnancy? (1)
9. Preparation of the nipples for breastfeeding include: (2)
10. List 9 danger signs of pregnancy: (9)
11. Wearing high-heeled shoes in pregnancy may cause: (1)
12. When a pregnant woman’s feet swell at the end of the day, the edema is probably the result of:
13. When washing her breasts, a pregnant woman should not use on her nipples, since it has a tendency to dry them. (1)
14. Match Column A with Column B. (8)
 
Column A
1. Respiratory system
2. Integument systems
3. Circulatory systems
4. GI systems
5. Skeletal system
6. Urinary system
7. Endocrine system
8. Reproductive system
Column B
a. linea nigra
b. relaxation of pelvic joints
c. depends on pre-pregnant state
d. blood volume increase
e. constipation
f. enlarging uterus
g. urinary frequency
h. difficulty breathing
i. increase in basal metabolic state
Write the number in Column A with the correct letter from Column B next to it, e.g. 1. f ...
How did it go? These questions were not so difficult, but depending on the books you used, you may get some additional answers.

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