Week 2 Flashcards
What factors should be considered as part of a thorough antenatal assessment?
First or subsequent pregnancy; obstetric history; maternal substance use; Psychosocial issues; General maternal and family health history.
Which type of attachment best depicts healthy social and cognitive development?
Secure attachment.
According to Freud, which part of the personality is concerned with morality?
The superego.
True or False: Infertility is the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sex?
True.
Describe the defence mechanism of projection.
Putting your own feelings onto someone else.
Which stage of labour involves the mother pushing and culminates in the birth of the baby?
2nd Stage.
What is “attachment”?
The strong affectional tie between a child and its caregiver.
Gestation refers to?
The length of a pregnancy from the first day of the last menstrual period until birth.
Alcohol is contraindicated in pregnancy as it is considered a … ?
Teratogen.
Self concept is?
Our social roles, iindividual attidues and other self-evaluative concepts which impact on self-esteem.
What is repression?
The process where memories are driven from consciousness as they are too anxiety-provoking.
What position should a pregnancy woman assume in order to prevent hypotensive syndrome?
Lateral recumbent position.
