CERTIFIED LACTATION COUNSELOR EXAM
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YOUR GRADES.
Predominant Breastfeeding - Correct Answer-Babies who receive
breastmilk and other liquids (e.g. water, minerals, vitamins, oral meds).
Breastfeeding - Correct Answer-Baby receives human milk, as well as
other foods or fluids, including formula.
Complementary Feeding - Correct Answer-Process starts when BM alone
or infant formula alone is no longer sufficient to meet nutritional
requirements of infants, therefore other foods or liquids are introduced.
Typically child is between 6-23 months
3 strategies for increasing BF initiation and duration - Correct Answer-
Promotion, Protection, Support
Promotion - Correct Answer-Focuses on advantages of BF on a personal,
community, country, or global level. BF to the community.
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Protection - Correct Answer-Focuses on government, manufacturer, and
social responsibility to assure BF ability to compete with commercial
interests.
Includes state, local, an national laws regarding BF.
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Subsitutes - Correct Answer-
Addresses improper marketing practices by formula companies. It is not
currently a law in the US.
What does the International Code Prohibit? - Correct Answer-Distributing
free formula
Giving coupons for formula
What did the AAP resolution state in regards to the International Code? -
Correct Answer-No distributing formula, discharge bags, industry written
handouts.
Support - Correct Answer-Focuses on interaction of helpers with family, as
well as program development and implementation.
10 steps to successful BF - Correct Answer-1. Written BF policy. Skin to
Skin immediately after birth.
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2. Train healthcare staff
3. Inform pregnant women about benefits and management of BF
4. Help all mothers initiate BF within 1 hour after birth
5. Show mother's how to BF and maintain lactation
6. Exclusive breast milk only
7. Practice rooming in 24 hours a day
8. Encourage BF on demand
9. No artificial teats or pacifiers
10. Establishment of BF support groups
Healthcare staff responsibility for working with lactating mothers include
what? - Correct Answer-1. Training
2. Minimum of 20 hours of training
3. 3 hours of competency verification
What are the indications for providing supplementation other than breast
milk? - Correct Answer-1. Medical condition
2. Parents request after being informed of consequences
Protocol for calculating Baby's daily needs - Correct Answer-Baby's weight
x 2.5 (2.7 or 3.0 if Baby needs to catch up weight) = daily ounces. PCP
decides what the multiplier is!!!
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What should be assessed 3-5 days after birth by PCP? - Correct Answer-
Hydration (elimination patterns)
Body weight (no more than 7% loss)
Observe Feeding
Maternal or infant issues
What is a CLC? - Correct Answer-Nationally recognized designation
awarded by the ALPP. Practice parameters are designated by professional
scope of practice.
How many stools per day should a breast fed newborn have? - Correct
Answer-4, some yellow by day 4.
When should a baby be back to birth weight? - Correct Answer-12-14 days
post birth
How much weight should a baby gain daily? - Correct Answer-
Approximately 1 ounce
Why do women supplement with formula when there is no medical need? -
Correct Answer-1. Lack of preparation for what the newborn period would
be like.
2. Lack of timely interventions