Vocabulary
Type of class to teach the patients about childbirth
Lamaze
What is used during the Pap test to collect the cervical cells
what is cervical broom
What is the normal range for a full term pregnancy?
37 to 41 weeks
What specimens are MA's allowed to collect during OB/GYN examinations?
What is urine and blood
Focuses on childbirth and pregnancy
what is obstetrics
Pap test results may show signs that are precancerous or cancerous
epithelial cell abnormalities
How many days should you wait after your menstrual cycle to do Pap test?
at least 5 days
For the Naegeles Rule after the first step of subtracting 3 months from the LMP what do you add?
Add 7 days and then add one year to your answer
What is the name of the form you would fill out for a Pap test?
What is a Cytology Requisition form
How long after birth do you return to the Dr?
What is 6 weeks later?
screening test to test for neural tube defects
Alpha feto-protein
DO not douche for how many hours before the pap test?
48 hours
What's the name of the special stethoscope to listen to the baby's heartbeat?
fetoscope
Why does the Doctor needs a medical assistant in the room?
To protect the Dr from false allegations
Who can perform Pap test?
Family doctor and Gynecologist
Liquid based pap test
ThinPrep
When should you do your breast examination?
After your menstrual period
Number of pregnancies the patient has had
what is gravida?
What age are you telling the patient that they need mammograms?
from the age of 40
pap test results that means an invasive squamous cancer is likely.
other malignant neoplasms
number of live births a patient has had
para
At what age should the patient have a Pap test and HPV testing done every 5 years?
beginning at 30 years old
approximate date of delivery
what is estimated date of confinement
When the doctor is conducting the GYN examination what else do they do?
He will also listen to the heart and lungs and do a brief general check of the patient
pap test has no signs for cancer or precancerous changes
what is negative intraepithelial lesion or malignancy