BCIT NSPN 7150 The Breastfeeding Experience Final Exam 2025 – 220+ Questions & Answers - Graded A+

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BCIT NSPN 7150-THE BREASTFEEDING
EXPERIENCE FINAL EXAM 2025|ACTUAL
EXAM WITH 220+Qs&As|GRADED A+

The most important measures of preventive health for mothers and infants? -
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..........ANSWER.......Breastfeeding
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What is Primary Healthcare? (3) - ..........ANSWER.......Multi-
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sectoral policy and action, empowered people and communities, and primary
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care and essential public health functions as the core of integrated health servi
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Wet Nurses - ..........ANSWER.......Women who breastfeed another's child
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BF rates in Canada -
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..........ANSWER.......In 2018, even though 92% of Canadian women initiated bre
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astfeeding at birth, close to 25% of these women stopped breastfeeding before
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their infant was one month old.
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In 2018, only 38% of mothers in Canada breastfed exclusively for six months (
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or more)
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Maternal benefits of breastfeeding - ..........ANSWER.......-
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Enhances normal postpartum hormonal state (weight loss, faster involution, a
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menorrhea) & protects against post-partum depression
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VOxytocin helps the mother gain confidence in mothering, decreases stress, inc
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VImproved long term health (decrease risk of breast CA, Ovarian CA, osteoporo
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sis, heart disease, and DM2)
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- Improves food security as available and safe
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Infants Benefit of Breastfeeding - ..........ANSWER.......-
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VPromotes optimal brain development and learning potential: increased IQ
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- Reduces the impact of infections & reduces hospital admissions
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- Protection for ill infants
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- Protection for premature infants against NEC and sepsis
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- Improves psychological and physiological well-being
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VProtects from SIDS, DM1, asthma, lymphoma, Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis, Lym
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phoma and Allergies
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- Provides ideal growth and nutrition
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Family and Social Benefits of Breastfeeding - ..........ANSWER.......-
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Cost effective for families, reduction on health care costs due to less infant inf
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ections, environmentally friendly, productivity improvement
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Risks of Human Milk Substitute -
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rbidity/mortality (malnutrition deficiencies and obesity), toxic chemicals, and
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allergies.


Reasons for decline of BF -
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t breast milk, while 18% reported that they had difficulty with breastfeeding t
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echnique. The third reason was due to medical conditions of the mother or inf
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Todays issues contributing to BF difficulties - ..........ANSWER.......-
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VAggressive marketing of formula & Hospital practices (nurseries, separation o
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f mother and infant)
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- Unnecessary Supplementation & Bundling infant
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- Lack of breastfeeding role models & Nuclear families-no support
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- Cultural and societal challenges & Employment policies




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Strategies to Support Breastfeeding - V V V V


V..........ANSWER.......support groups, breastfeeding as a norm, prenatal education V V V V V V V


, educational materials to support education, professional support in hospital
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and community, improved practices in hospital, public awareness promotion, l
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egislative marketing practices, adequate maternity benefits, and human rights
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legislation to protect working women. V V V V




How much milk does an infant need? -
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..........ANSWER.......It's important to remember that the infant just needs enoug
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Each mother's milk is..? - ..........ANSWER.......-is unique,
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-changes to meet the needs of her infant, and
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changes depending on gestational age and health of her infant, time of day, an
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d the time during feeding.
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What does not change in breastmilk -
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..........ANSWER.......The quality of milk for the infant
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Changes in breastmilk: gestational age -
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infective properties to meet the need of preterm infants.
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Changes in breastmilk: 3 stages of lactation - ..........ANSWER.......Stage I—
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Most women begin to produce colostrum in the last trimester of pregnancy an
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d for about 2-
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4 days after birth. Colostrum has higher concentration of protein, minerals, an




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d immunoglobulins but has less fat than mature milk
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Find out more about Colostrum here:
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Stage II—the onset of copious milk secretion after birth (days 2-
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3 to 8 postpartum)
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Stage III—secretion of mature milk
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V..........ANSWER.......The first milk available to the infant. Most women begin to p
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roduce colostrum in the last trimester of pregnancy and for about the first 2-
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3 days after birth. It has high density and low volume, which is perfect for new
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born stomach capacity. It also is very high in immunoglobulins, especially IgA.
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Colostrum is often considered the "first immunization" as infants are born wit
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h an immature immune system. Immunoglobulins and other anti-
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infective properties are even higher in preterm colostrum. This is especially i
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Changes in breastmilk: time of day -
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..........ANSWER.......Mothers often feel fuller and have more milk in the morning,
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and by the evening, they feel less full. In the night, human milk tends to be hig
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