Certified Lactation Consultant Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 2024/2025

Certified Lactation Consultant Exam Study Guide

1. Predominant Breastfeeding
   : Babies who receive breastmilk and other liquids
   (e.g. water, minerals, vitamins, oral meds).
2. Breastfeeding
   : Baby receives human milk, as well as other foods or fluids, including
   formula.
3. Complementary Feeding
   : 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
4. 3 strategies for increasing BF initiation and duration
   : Promotion, Protection, Support

Promotion
: Focuses on advantages of BF on a personal, community, country, or global
level. BF to the community.

6. Protection
   : Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure BF
   ability to compete with commercial interests.
   Includes state, local, an national laws regarding BF.
7. International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Subsitutes
   : Addresses im- proper marketing practices by formula companies. It is not
   currently a law in the US.
8. What does the International Code Prohibit
   ?: Distributing free formula Giving coupons for formula
9. What did the AAP resolution state in regards to the International Code
   ?: No distributing formula, discharge bags, industry written handouts.

10. Support
    : Focuses on interaction of helpers with family, as well as program
    development and implementation.
11. 10 steps to successful BF
    : 1. Written BF policy. Skin to Skin immediately after birth.
12. Train healthcare staff
13. Inform pregnant women about benefits and management of BF
14. Help all mothers initiate BF within 1 hour after birth
15. Show mother’s how to BF and maintain lactation
16. Exclusive breast milk only
17. Practice rooming in 24 hours a day
18. Encourage BF on demand
19. No artificial teats or pacifiers
20. Establishment of BF support groups
21. Healthcare staff responsibility for working with lactating mothers include
    what
    ?: 1. Training
22. Minimum of 20 hours of training
23. 3 hours of competency verification

13. What are the indications for providing supplementation other than breast
    Milk
    ?: 1. Medical condition
14. Parents request after being informed of consequences
15. Protocol for calculating Baby’s daily needs
    : 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!!!
16. What should be assessed 3-5 days after birth by PCP
    ?: Hydration (elimina- tion patterns)
    Body weight (no more than 7% loss)
    Observe Feeding
    Maternal or infant issues
17. What is a CLC
    ?: Nationally recognized designation awarded by the ALPP. Practice
    parameters are designated by professional scope of practice.
18. How many stools per day should a breast fed newborn have
    ?: 4, some yellow by day 4

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