ICEA ICCE flashcards
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- Amniotic membranes
- The membranes surrounding the fetus and amniotic fluid, a structure distinct from the uterine muscle, cervix, and placenta.
- Umbilical cord
- The connection between fetus and placenta that carries fetal vessels, distinct from the cervix and the vaginal birth canal.
- Prenatal screening
- Testing that estimates likelihood or identifies a need for further assessment, without automatically establishing a definitive diagnosis for every condition.
- Individual risk
- A likelihood considered in relation to the particular person and circumstances, rather than a guaranteed outcome derived from one characteristic.
- Cervical effacement
- Thinning and shortening of the cervix during the birth process, distinguished from opening, contraction timing, and membrane rupture.
- Contraction duration
- The elapsed time from the start to the end of one contraction, not the start-to-start interval between consecutive contractions.
- Induction
- Clinical initiation of labor through an individualized plan, distinct from supporting labor that has already begun through augmentation.
- Birth-setting capability
- The actual services, staff, equipment, access, and transfer arrangements available in a setting, considered in realistic individual planning.
- Involution
- The postpartum process in which the uterus returns toward its nonpregnant state, not a reason to dismiss significant warning symptoms.
- Responsive feeding
- Attentive feeding that observes the baby’s cues and condition, allowing adjustment rather than requiring every prepared volume to be finished.
- Milk ejection
- The release or let-down process involving oxytocin, distinct from a complete assessment of infant intake, growth, or feeding adequacy.
- Separate sleep surface
- An appropriate infant sleeping surface distinct from an adult mattress, sofa, or caregiver’s body, used with current safe-sleep practices.
- Counterpressure
- External pressure used as an optional comfort strategy at a location the person finds helpful, guided by consent and feedback.
- Comfort repertoire
- A range of possible coping and support approaches available for flexible use, rather than one compulsory sequence or outcome guarantee.
- Supported positioning
- Use of stable assistance or equipment to explore suitable postures, accounting for preference, balance, sensation, and clinical circumstances.
- Current consent
- A person’s present voluntary agreement to the proposed activity, which can change and is not implied permanently by earlier participation.
- ICCE
- The ICEA childbirth educator credential, distinct from other birth-professional certifications and from an independent license to diagnose or prescribe.
- Informed alternatives
- Relevant options and information that support the family’s own voluntary decision, rather than selectively presented material designed to force agreement.
- Contribution per registration
- The supplied fee less the stated variable cost per registration, used with fixed costs for a defined break-even calculation.
- Service scope
- The actual educational work, boundaries, communication arrangements, and limitations agreed for the service, not every task an educator could imagine.
- Assessment alignment
- Matching a learning check to the intended objective, so the task provides evidence of the skill or understanding being taught.
- Accessible equivalent
- An alternative way to participate or demonstrate learning that preserves the meaningful objective while addressing a person’s access needs.
- Transfer of learning
- Application of an understood idea or skill to a different relevant example, beyond memorizing wording, slide appearance, or option positions.
- Relative reduction
- The decrease divided by the starting event probability, expressed proportionally and distinguished from the absolute difference in percentage points.