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Question 654
Clinical Management → Clinical Practice
Classification
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CNST maternity standards
Question Stem
Which list contains the five maternity CNST standards ?
Options
A
Organisation, clinical care, high-risk conditions, communication, postnatal and neonatal care
B
Governance, finance, staffing, infection control, complaints
C
Antenatal care, intrapartum care, surgery, pharmacy, discharge
D
Leadership, audit, research, education, litigation
E
Organisation, screening, imaging, laboratory care, neonatal surgery
Explanation
five maternity CNST standards: organisation, clinical care, high-risk conditions, communication, and postnatal and neonatal care. Each standard has 10 criteria or subsections.
Option Validity
B) These are not the five maternity CNST standards listed.
C) This does not use this five-part grouping as its CNST maternity standards.
D) Audit, research, education and litigation are not the five standards listed.
E) Screening, imaging, laboratory care and neonatal surgery are not the five CNST maternity standards.
Further Reading
Saxena MRCOG-1 Basic Sciences — Principles of Clinical Practice, printed p. 7.