CBC Exam Questions With Correct Answers
A healthcare provider wants to encourage pregnant women to choose breastfeeding. Which
statement is MOST supportive of breastfeeding? - answerWhat have you heard about
breastfeeding?
You work in a clinic with a lactation consultant who advise mothers to "...
A healthcare provider wants to encourage pregnant women to choose breastfeeding. Which
statement is MOST supportive of breastfeeding? - answer✔What have you heard about
breastfeeding?
You work in a clinic with a lactation consultant who advise mothers to "toughen up" their nipples
by rubbing them with a rough washcloth during pregnancy. What is the FIRST thing you should
do? - answer✔Bring in research evidence of the harmful nature of this practice and discuss it
with her
The most important criterion for assessing the milk transfer during a feeding at the breast is? -
answer✔audible swallow
How many IU of Vitamin D does the breastfeeding infant need? - answer✔400 IU
What is another term for let-down reflex? - answer✔Milk ejection reflex
What is the tube called through which breast milk travels in the lactating breast? - answer✔Milk
duct
At birth, a full term infant can comfortably digest how much breastmilk? - answer✔1 to 2
teaspoons
A breastfeeding mother complains about a lump in her left breast. It is tender to touch and she
states that she doesn't have a fever or other symptoms. It probably is which of the following? -
answer✔plugged duct
Mary has AIDS and is taking antiretroviral medication. She asks you if it is safe for her to
breastfeed her baby. Your best response is: - answer✔
Breastfeeding mothers who follow a vegan diet or a diet that does not include any forms of
animal protein will probably have to supplement which vitamin? - answer✔Vitamin B12
Jodie asks you what is the most effective way to increase her milk supply? - answer✔Hand
express after feeding her baby
Where is the tip of the mother's nipple placed in the baby's mouth, when the baby is properly
latched on? - answer✔At the juncture of the hard and soft palates
Standards of practice for breastfeeding counselors include what 4 areas? - answer✔Clinical
practice, breastfeeding education and counseling, professional responsibility, legal considerations
According to AWHONN, what are some of the responsibilities of staff nurses working with
breastfeeding women? - answer✔*support and implement baby friendly hospital initiative
(BFHI) practices
*maintain current, evidence based knowledge of breastfeeding practice and can be instrumental
in initiating or participating in lactation research
*relay consistent, supportive messages about breastfeeding
*working with mothers of preterm and vulnerable newborns should promote and support
provision of mothers own milk or banked human milk for this population
*breastfeeding support programs should be culturally sensitive, age and developmentally
appropriate
*should use World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts that were developed based on
healthy ethnically diverse breastfeeding infants to assess growth patterns
*leaders and educators should advocate for deliberate integration of breastfeeding information
into academic and professional educations programs to help ensure that health care professionals
gain the knowledge needed to promote and support breastfeeding
*advocate for breastfeeding as our cultural norm by supporting breastfeeding promotion
legislation and educate society
Which of the following activities is permissible under the terms of the WHO International Code
of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes? - answer✔Detailed information on product composition
provided to health workers
A cultural attitude that emphasizes the sexual nature of breasts is MOST LIKELY associated
with? - answer✔Harassment for breastfeeding in public
Which organization was the first in the United States to provide mother to mother support? -
answer✔La Leche League
List the 10 points of The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding for Hospitals as outlined by
UNICEF and WHO? - answer✔*written policy
*train all staff
*inform all pregnant women about the benefit and management of breastfeeding
*help mothers initiate breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth
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