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Predominant Breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER-Babies who receive breastmilk and other
liquids (e.g. water, minerals, vitamins, oral meds).
Breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWER-Baby receives human milk, as well as other foods or
fluids, including formula.
Complementary Feeding - CORRECT ANSWER-Child is between 6-23 months receiving both
human milk and solid or semi solid foods.
3 strategies for increasing BF initiation and duration - CORRECT ANSWER-Promotion,
Protection, Support
Promotion - CORRECT ANSWER-Focuses on advantages of BF on a personal, community,
country, or global level. BF to the community.
Protection - CORRECT ANSWER-Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social
responsibility to assure BF ability to compete with commercial interests.
Includes state, local, an national laws regarding BF.
International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Subsitutes - CORRECT ANSWER-Addresses
improper marketing practices by formula companies. It is not currently a law in the US.
What does the International Code Prohibit? - CORRECT ANSWER-Distributing free formula
Giving coupons for formula
What did the AAP resolution state in regards to the International Code? - CORRECT ANSWER-
No distributing formula, discharge bags, industry written handouts.
Support - CORRECT ANSWER-Focuses on interaction of helpers with family, as well as
program development and implementation.
10 steps to successful BF - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Written BF policy. Skin to Skin
immediately after birth.
,2. Train healthcare staff
3. Inform pregnant women about benefits and management of BF
4. Help all mothers initiate BF within 1 hour after birth
5. Show mother's how to BF and maintain lactation
6. Exclusive breast milk only
7. Practice rooming in 24 hours a day
8. Encourage BF on demand
9. No artificial teats or pacifiers
10. Establishment of BF support groups
Healthcare staff responsibility for working with lactating mothers include what? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Training
2. Minimum of 20 hours of training
3. 3 hours of competency verification
What are the indications for providing supplementation other than breast milk? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Medical condition
2. Parents request after being informed of consequences
Protocol for calculating Baby's daily needs - CORRECT ANSWER-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!!!
What should be assessed 3-5 days after birth by PCP? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hydration
(elimination patterns)
Body weight (no more than 7% loss)
Observe Feeding
Maternal or infant issues
What is a CLC? - CORRECT ANSWER-Nationally recognized designation awarded by the
ALPP. Practice parameters are designated by professional scope of practice.
How many stools per day should a breast fed newborn have? - CORRECT ANSWER-4, some
yellow by day 4.
When should a baby be back to birth weight? - CORRECT ANSWER-12-14 days post birth
How much weight should a baby gain daily? - CORRECT ANSWER-Approximately 1 ounce
Why do women supplement with formula when there is no medical need? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Lack of preparation for what the newborn period would be like.
, 2. Lack of timely interventions
What period are women more at risk to stop BF? - CORRECT ANSWER-3-7 days post D/C.
Alveoli - CORRECT ANSWER-Small glands in the breast that produce milk
At-Breast Supplementer - CORRECT ANSWER-SNS system
Atopy - CORRECT ANSWER-hypersensitive or allergic state involving an inherited
predisposition
What is the BFHI Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative - CORRECT ANSWER-Initiative by
UNICEF and WHO (1991) to support breastfeeding in hospitals and maternity centers. "The 10
Steps".
Unicef. Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Available online:
http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding/baby.htm.
Bilirubin - CORRECT ANSWER-an orange-yellow pigment formed in the liver by the
breakdown of hemoglobin and excreted in bile.
CCK (cholecystokinin) - CORRECT ANSWER-Hormone that regulates the emptying of the
gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas.
Colostrum - CORRECT ANSWER-thin, milky fluid secreted by the breast during pregnancy and
during the first days after birth before lactation begins. Causes a laxative effect which helps the
baby pass meconium.
Complementary feeding - CORRECT ANSWER-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.
Coryllos type - CORRECT ANSWER-Classification system for anklyloglossia
Dancer Hand Position - CORRECT ANSWER-Technique used to support Baby's chin and
mother's breast. Use Thumb and index finger under chin, remaining 3 fingers to support breast.
Alveolar Cells - CORRECT ANSWER-found in the walls of the alveoli, simple squamous
epithelial cells, main sites of gas exchange