Midwifery Exam Practice Exam Questions and Answers
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Course
Midwifery
Institution
Midwifery
Midwifery Exam Practice
Hypothyroidism - Answer- A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - Answer- Fast breathing
Apnea - Answer- not breathing
Antepartum - Answer- before birth
Postpartum - Answer- after birth
Intrapartum - Answer- between birth
Dystocia - Answer- Conditi...
Midwifery Exam Practice
Hypothyroidism - Answer- A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - Answer- Fast breathing
Apnea - Answer- not breathing
Antepartum - Answer- before birth
Postpartum - Answer- after birth
Intrapartum - Answer- between birth
Dystocia - Answer- Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - Answer- lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - Answer- slow heart
Primigravida - Answer- a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - Answer- surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - Answer- surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - Answer- without feeling
Multipara - Answer- a woman that has had more than one offspring
Hypothermia - Answer- low temperature
Perianal - Answer- around the rectum
Sublingual - Answer- pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - Answer- condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - Answer- above the pubis
Pelvimetry - Answer- measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - Answer- tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - Answer- cystitis
Bladder inflammation - Answer- Uritis
,An inflamed vein caused by a clot - Answer- thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - Answer- hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - Answer- hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - Answer- cyanosis
excessive vomiting - Answer- peremesis
Disease of the nerves - Answer- neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - Answer- dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - Answer- nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - Answer- primiparous
white blood cells - Answer- leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - Answer- thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - Answer- polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your physician
refers you to a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a - Answer-
Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries.
Removal of ovaries is called - Answer- hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from
frequent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is
called - Answer- salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray
image is called a - Answer- mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - Answer- phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a -
Answer- phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - Answer- A tumor of blood vessels
Meningitis refers to - Answer- inflammation of the membranes around the brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - Answer- anencephalic
, Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed - Answer-
cholecystectomy
A gravid woman is having genetic testing done. The physician will puncture the
uterus to withdraw amniotic fluid to be used for testing. This procedure is called -
Answer- amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or painful to
breath. The term for this is - Answer- dyspnea
Pregnant women frequently complain of the need to urinate frequently during the
night. The term for this is - Answer- nocturia
A lab report comes back to documenting numerous erythrocytes in the urine
specimen. The term for this is - Answer- hematuria
Oligomenorrhea refers to - Answer- scanty, less than normal menstrual flow
Total arrest and cessation of breathing is termed - Answer- apnea
Orchiditis is the term for inflammation of a/an - Answer- testis
Which term defines painful joints? - Answer- Arthritis
Surgical suturing of a uterine tube is termed - Answer- salpingorrhaphy
Glossitis defines inflammation of the - Answer- tongue
The definition of a midwife as adopted by the International Confederation of
Midwives (ICM) includes - Answer- 1. Has completed a midwifery program
recognized in the country in which it is located 2.That the midwifery education is
based on the ICM Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice and Global
Standards for Midwifery Education 3. Has met requirements to be legally licensed to
practice midwifery
What were the prevailing attitudes towards midwives in the colonial period of the
US? - Answer- Midwives were valued and respected members of the community.
Midwives were women to be treated with dignity and supported by the community
English midwives of the seventeenth century were licensed by - Answer- The Church
of England
What were some factors in the decline of midwifery between the 16th and 20th
centuries - Answer- 1. Religious attitudes that viewed midwives as a threat and/or as
being witches 2. Midwives lack of access to education 3. Campaign by physicians to
discredit midwives 4. Midwives' lack of organization 5. The general low status of
women in society 6. Replacement of midwives with physicians
Delivering babies was historically viewed as "women's work". What factors led men
to become interested in attending women in birth? - Answer- Medicine became more
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