IBCLC Exam Review Questions With Complete Solution

IBCLC Exam Review Questions With Complete Solution High lipid solubility - CORRECT ANSWERS drug property most likely to permit high passage into milk Lymphocytes - CORRECT ANSWERS protective components of milk is destroyed by freezing 62.5°C for 30 minutes - CORRECT ANSWERS standard temperature and time for Holder pasteurization used in donor human milk banks is Fat levels in mother's milk are highest: - CORRECT ANSWERS when the breast is relatively empty. pregnant woman with many allergies asks about infant feeding. Your best response is - CORRECT ANSWERS A baby is never allergic to its mother's milk, but he may be sensitive to foods in the mother's diet A baby is never allergic to its mother's milk, but he may be sensitive to foods in the mother's diet - CORRECT ANSWERS 1.0% Which nutrient is most difficult for premature babies to digest? - CORRECT ANSWERS fats For optimal breastfeeding, which best describes effective positioning at breast? - CORRECT ANSWERS The baby's mouth is open to a wide ( 120-degree) angle. A mother was given high doses of pain-relieving drugs during labor. When the baby's cord blood is tested for the presence of drugs, none is found. The most likely explanation is: - CORRECT ANSWERS Pain-relieving drugs are lipid soluble and concentrate in the infant brain. A mother comes to you for help with breastfeeding her 3-week-old baby, stating, "He just doesn't seem to be able to get it right." When you observe the baby breastfeeding, you note that the baby has a highly erratic suck-swallow pattern and that he never develops a good rhythmic suckling action. Most likely to explain his sucking behavior. - CORRECT ANSWERS The baby's head is still quite molded. After an unmedicated labor and birth, how soon is a baby most likely to be able and ready to breastfeed? - CORRECT ANSWERS within the first hour A mother complains of raw, inflamed skin on both areolas. Her infant is teething, has recently started solid foods and is taking an antibiotic for strep throat. The most likely cause of this areolar irritation is - CORRECT ANSWERS a bacterial infection of the nipple skin. Which of the following approaches will be most helpful in assisting a breastfeeding mother who has a hearing impairment? - CORRECT ANSWERS Help her observe the baby's visual cues. Within the first minute or 2 of beginning a breastfeed, a 2-week-old infant gulps, coughs and chokes, then releases the breast. This incident most likely describes - CORRECT ANSWERS poor coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing superficial and easy to compress - CORRECT ANSWERS best describes the configuration of milk ducts in the lactating breast If a mother cannot provide her milk to her baby, the World Health Organization recommends that the next best food for her baby is - CORRECT ANSWERS milk of another woman citations is a primary reference or source - CORRECT ANSWERS Ludington-Hoe SM, Hadeed AJ, Anderson GC. Physiologic responses to skin-to-skin contact in hospitalized premature infants. J Perinatol. XI,(1):19-24. Which drug property results in more transfer of the drug into mother's milk? - CORRECT ANSWERS lipid solubility mucosal defense system - CORRECT ANSWERS The mother's secretory immune system provides targeted protection pasteurizing donor human milk - CORRECT ANSWERS no change in secretory IgA 24 weeks - CORRECT ANSWERS gestational age that the swallowing reflex first appears gestational age does the swallowing reflex first appear - CORRECT ANSWERS postpartum depression During a routine examination in her second trimester of pregnancy, a doctor discovers that a woman has nonprotractile likely to help? - CORRECT ANSWERS wearing breast shells several hours a day for a few weeks during her pregnancy. A mother who is becoming ill with influenza should continue breastfeeding her 5-month-old, exclusively breastfed child for all of the following reasons - CORRECT ANSWERS Her milk will quickly obtain specific antibodies to reduce the chance that her child will get this infection. Her milk contains white cells that will help her baby fight this infection. She will recover quicker without the additional burden of preparing artificial feeds. The mother's milk contains environmental chemicals, triggering the baby's immune system - CORRECT ANSWERS NOT an example of mutual interdependency during breastfeeding