CLC Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
How much would it cost to scale up BF efforts to prevent diarrheal illness -
CORRECT ANSWERS 6 billion a year worldwide
Maternal Benefits of breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS decreases
risk of:
-HTN
-DM
-high cholesterol
-CV disease
-ovarian and endometrial cancer
3 Strategies to increasing bf - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Protection
2. Promotion
3. Support
Promotion - CORRECT ANSWERS Focuses on bf advantages:
personally, community wide, country wide, globally
Protection - CORRECT ANSWERS workplace laws
bf in public
The International Code
Support - CORRECT ANSWERS healthcare workers
community resources (ex. La Leche)
WIC
,CradleMe
Top causes of child death <5 years old - CORRECT ANSWERS
Pneumonia
Diarrhea (prevented by BF and complementary feeding at 6 months of age)
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS 1.
Written breastfeeding policy
2. Train all healthcare staff in the skills necessary to implement this policy
3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of
breastfeeding
4. Help mothers initiate bf within 30 min of birth
5. Show them how to maintain lactation even if separated from infants
6. Give NB infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically
indicated
7. Rooming in 24 hours a day
8. Encourage bf on demand
9. Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples
10. Community support groups for bf
Central step to initiating BF - CORRECT ANSWERS skin to skin for 1
hour
Why is breastfeeding so difficult? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1.
Unrealistic expectations
2. Lack of timely interventions
3. Misunderstanding about why Mom's stop breastfeeding
, Greatest risk to stopping bf - CORRECT ANSWERS Not intervening
with Mom's problems on day 3-7
Fastest drop off - CORRECT ANSWERS 10 days post discharge
Reasons Mom's quit bf - CORRECT ANSWERS Worrying about milk
supply
Latching issues
Breast pain / soreness
Return to work / school
Weight gain expectations - CORRECT ANSWERS No >7% weight loss
from birth
No weight loss after 5-6 days
Back to birth weight by day 12-14 days
Stool - CORRECT ANSWERS 4 on 4 until one month of age
6 wet diapers
Breastfeeding disparities - CORRECT ANSWERS hospitals in minority
neighborhoods do less to promote nursing
Breastfeeding targets - CORRECT ANSWERS increasing the proportion
of employers with worksite lactation programs
reduce the percentage of bf infants who receive formula before 2 days of age
Cells that make milk - CORRECT ANSWERS alveolar
CORRECT ANSWERS
How much would it cost to scale up BF efforts to prevent diarrheal illness -
CORRECT ANSWERS 6 billion a year worldwide
Maternal Benefits of breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS decreases
risk of:
-HTN
-DM
-high cholesterol
-CV disease
-ovarian and endometrial cancer
3 Strategies to increasing bf - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Protection
2. Promotion
3. Support
Promotion - CORRECT ANSWERS Focuses on bf advantages:
personally, community wide, country wide, globally
Protection - CORRECT ANSWERS workplace laws
bf in public
The International Code
Support - CORRECT ANSWERS healthcare workers
community resources (ex. La Leche)
WIC
,CradleMe
Top causes of child death <5 years old - CORRECT ANSWERS
Pneumonia
Diarrhea (prevented by BF and complementary feeding at 6 months of age)
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS 1.
Written breastfeeding policy
2. Train all healthcare staff in the skills necessary to implement this policy
3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of
breastfeeding
4. Help mothers initiate bf within 30 min of birth
5. Show them how to maintain lactation even if separated from infants
6. Give NB infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically
indicated
7. Rooming in 24 hours a day
8. Encourage bf on demand
9. Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples
10. Community support groups for bf
Central step to initiating BF - CORRECT ANSWERS skin to skin for 1
hour
Why is breastfeeding so difficult? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1.
Unrealistic expectations
2. Lack of timely interventions
3. Misunderstanding about why Mom's stop breastfeeding
, Greatest risk to stopping bf - CORRECT ANSWERS Not intervening
with Mom's problems on day 3-7
Fastest drop off - CORRECT ANSWERS 10 days post discharge
Reasons Mom's quit bf - CORRECT ANSWERS Worrying about milk
supply
Latching issues
Breast pain / soreness
Return to work / school
Weight gain expectations - CORRECT ANSWERS No >7% weight loss
from birth
No weight loss after 5-6 days
Back to birth weight by day 12-14 days
Stool - CORRECT ANSWERS 4 on 4 until one month of age
6 wet diapers
Breastfeeding disparities - CORRECT ANSWERS hospitals in minority
neighborhoods do less to promote nursing
Breastfeeding targets - CORRECT ANSWERS increasing the proportion
of employers with worksite lactation programs
reduce the percentage of bf infants who receive formula before 2 days of age
Cells that make milk - CORRECT ANSWERS alveolar
