Booking Interview Quiz (December 2011)

1. Amanda is approx. 7 weeks pregnant today. She has her booking appointment at 9am this morning. The midwife requested Amanda bring a urine sample with her.

What is the name of the sample and which procedure will the lab be requested to perform on this sample?

MSU
Mid-stream Urine sample
M, C & S
Microscopy, Culture & Sensitivity


2. The midwife asks Amanda the date of her last period.

What is the purpose of this question?

Provide an EDD or Estimated Delivery Date or Date Pregnancy



3. This is Amanda’s first pregnancy. During the appointment her midwife gives her a book that is provided free of charge and produced by the NHS.

What is the name of this book?

Pregnancy Book


4. Whilst discussing diet during pregnancy the midwife advised Amanda to eat a diet rich in iron such as red meats, green vegetables and cereals and bread fortified with iron as during pregnancy her haemoglobin levels will naturally fall.

Amanda asks what tablets she would be given if her Hb levels hit basic treatment level – What would be midwife tell her?

Ferrous Sulphate
Ferrous Fumerate
Spa Tone


5. Amanda expresses concerns that she is a keen runner and runs up to 5 miles per day at present.

How long would the midwife recommend Amanda continues to run into her pregnancy?

For as long as she feels comfortable running


6. The midwife requests permission to take booking bloods from Amanda.

What would the midwife be testing for?

Blood Group
Anti-bodies
Haemoglobin level
Hepatitis B
Syphilis
HIV
Glucose
Sickle Cell
Thalassemia


7. Amanda tells the midwife that she works in a nursery looking after children aged 2-4.

Which common childhood illnesses should Amanda avoid being in contact with?

Chicken Pox
Varicella
German Measles
Rubella
Measles
Slapped Cheek
Parvo Virus


8. Amanda does not smoke.

Whom may the midwife have referred her to if she did?

Smoking Cessation Midwife
Smoking Referral Services


9. Amanda’s height and weight is recorded in her hand held notes. She has a BMI of 22.

What does BMI Stand for?
What is the normal range for BMI?

Body Mass Index
18.5-24.5


10. Amanda is given an FW8 form.

What is this for?

Free NHS Prescriptions during pregnancy and the first 12 months postnatal


11. (BONUS) Amanda is told to expect an appointment for a scan in the post.

What could these scans be for?

Dating Pregnancy
Downs Syndrome Screening