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Doula Final Questions With Complete Solutions
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Doula Final Questions With Complete SolutionsWhat are the 5 facets of support? ✔️Ans - 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... ✔️Ans - the attending physician or
midwife.
Explaining a medical procedure that is routinely performed during birth in a
hospital is.. ✔️Ans - 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. ✔️Ans - Active listening
Why is active listening so hard? ✔️Ans - 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; ✔️Ans - it requires energy to do it
right.
The Four Steps of Active Listening: ✔️Ans - 1. Focus on the person
2. Use Receptive Language
3. Listen for Key Words
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. ✔️Ans - 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. ✔️Ans - 40%
In one Guatemalan study, only _______ percent of women who had a Doula
required ________. ✔️Ans - 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. ✔️Ans - Service brokers
How many types of birth are there? ✔️Ans - 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.
✔️Ans - 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. ✔️Ans -
Synthetic Oxytocin (Pitocin)
According to the American Pregnancy Association, _______% of women who
have undergone cesarean deliveries are candidates for vaginal birth after
cesarean. ✔️Ans - 90%
As a doula you are free to offer suggestions to the mother during labor...
✔️Ans - providing the hospital or birthing center allows her free rein to do so.
Changing positions helps to ensure a continuous _________ to the fetus, rather
than causing supine hypotension (low maternal blood pressure) by lying on
her back or even semi sitting. ✔️Ans - oxygen supply
For first pregnancies, the cervix dilates about __________ during the active phase
of labor. However, in subsequent pregnancies it happens faster. ✔️Ans - 1
cm per hour
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