CLC Nursing Exam (2025/2026) – Verified Questions &
Correct Answers with 500 questions
Early cessation/negative experience of breastfeeding has a increased risk of postpartum
_______ - answer-:depression
Who collects the most comprehensive bf stats in the US? - answer-:CDC
What does prolactin do? - answer-:Cause milk to be made
What does oxytocin do? - answer-:Cause contractions which move the milk
What causes oxytocin to be released - answer-:Frequent feeding and milk removal
Lactogensis III requires what to succeed - answer-:Frequent milk removal and nipple stimulation
The fat content of milk suckled by the baby is determined by - answer-:The speed in which the
Baby removes the milk
What is the most effective at increasing gastrin and cck - answer-:Feeding with species specific
milk
Studies on childhood obesity demonstrate that - answer-:Breastfed babies are less likely to be
obese
,When undernourished moms were supplemented with extra energy in their diet they - answer-
:Responded to their infant appropriately
Late stage of Hunger - answer-:Crying
A latch that allows room for babies nipple to stretch - answer-:Asymmetric
More women will choose breastfeeding if they consider it the - answer-:Norm
creates negative pressure - answer-:Vacuum
latch - answer-:
Tongue and Lip Tie - answer-:
Angle for Latch - answer-:
Dimpled Cheek - answer-:
Asymmetrical - answer-:
Healthy People 2020 Goals - answer-:Increase proportion of infants who breastfeed
2020 = 81.9%
At 6 months = 60.6
At 1 year = 34.1
,Exc. thru 3 mo. 46.2
Exc. thru 6 mo. 25.5
Gastrin- how to increase - answer-:Touch
Decrease Stress
Human Milk
Suckle
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative - answer-:Written BF policy
Train all staff
Inform Pregnant Women about Benefits
Help Mothers initiate breast feeding within 1 hour of birth
Retained placental fragments can impact the increase in milk volume or milk "coming in." TRUE
OR FALSE - answer-:True. It can put out enough progesterone into the body that tricks it and
makes it think the baby is not even born.
Two babies nursing and they are not from the same pregnancy: - answer-:Tandem nursing
The data on pacifiers has been contradictory. Even high-level evidence shows some differences
in results. TRUE OR FALSE. - answer-:True
Concerns about pacifiers include all of the following: - answer-:- increased diarrhea rates
- possible impact on milk production
- increased ear infections
, When counseling, a pacifier might be a sign of an as-yet undescribed breastfeeding problem.
True or false. - answer-:True
Pacifiers: - answer-:May have a role in the NICU for infants who are premature
Nipple shields - answer-:- there are possible concerns about adequate breast stimulation if a
nipple shield is used
- there are possible concerns about the nutrition of the baby if a nipple shield is used
- some studies showed there may be a role for the use of nipple shields in the NICU with pump
dependent mothers but that does not mean they should universally be used
Those who had a negative experience with breastfeeding support had a higher risk of
postpartum depression. True or false. - answer-:True
Along with colleagues, Women's Ways of Knowing was written by: - answer-:Mary Belenky
The hierarchy of infant feeding choices for the term baby: - answer-:1. Baby at mother's breast
2. Mother's own expressed milk
3. Milk from milk bank
4. Cow milk formula
5. Soy formula
Research has shown that milk expressed by a breast pump has higher fat than milk that is
expressed by hand (manually). True or false. - answer-:FALSE. It is higher when collected by
hand (manually).
Banked donor milk is: - answer-:- preventative, reduces long term morbidity
- reduces mortality, matter of life and death for some infants
Correct Answers with 500 questions
Early cessation/negative experience of breastfeeding has a increased risk of postpartum
_______ - answer-:depression
Who collects the most comprehensive bf stats in the US? - answer-:CDC
What does prolactin do? - answer-:Cause milk to be made
What does oxytocin do? - answer-:Cause contractions which move the milk
What causes oxytocin to be released - answer-:Frequent feeding and milk removal
Lactogensis III requires what to succeed - answer-:Frequent milk removal and nipple stimulation
The fat content of milk suckled by the baby is determined by - answer-:The speed in which the
Baby removes the milk
What is the most effective at increasing gastrin and cck - answer-:Feeding with species specific
milk
Studies on childhood obesity demonstrate that - answer-:Breastfed babies are less likely to be
obese
,When undernourished moms were supplemented with extra energy in their diet they - answer-
:Responded to their infant appropriately
Late stage of Hunger - answer-:Crying
A latch that allows room for babies nipple to stretch - answer-:Asymmetric
More women will choose breastfeeding if they consider it the - answer-:Norm
creates negative pressure - answer-:Vacuum
latch - answer-:
Tongue and Lip Tie - answer-:
Angle for Latch - answer-:
Dimpled Cheek - answer-:
Asymmetrical - answer-:
Healthy People 2020 Goals - answer-:Increase proportion of infants who breastfeed
2020 = 81.9%
At 6 months = 60.6
At 1 year = 34.1
,Exc. thru 3 mo. 46.2
Exc. thru 6 mo. 25.5
Gastrin- how to increase - answer-:Touch
Decrease Stress
Human Milk
Suckle
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative - answer-:Written BF policy
Train all staff
Inform Pregnant Women about Benefits
Help Mothers initiate breast feeding within 1 hour of birth
Retained placental fragments can impact the increase in milk volume or milk "coming in." TRUE
OR FALSE - answer-:True. It can put out enough progesterone into the body that tricks it and
makes it think the baby is not even born.
Two babies nursing and they are not from the same pregnancy: - answer-:Tandem nursing
The data on pacifiers has been contradictory. Even high-level evidence shows some differences
in results. TRUE OR FALSE. - answer-:True
Concerns about pacifiers include all of the following: - answer-:- increased diarrhea rates
- possible impact on milk production
- increased ear infections
, When counseling, a pacifier might be a sign of an as-yet undescribed breastfeeding problem.
True or false. - answer-:True
Pacifiers: - answer-:May have a role in the NICU for infants who are premature
Nipple shields - answer-:- there are possible concerns about adequate breast stimulation if a
nipple shield is used
- there are possible concerns about the nutrition of the baby if a nipple shield is used
- some studies showed there may be a role for the use of nipple shields in the NICU with pump
dependent mothers but that does not mean they should universally be used
Those who had a negative experience with breastfeeding support had a higher risk of
postpartum depression. True or false. - answer-:True
Along with colleagues, Women's Ways of Knowing was written by: - answer-:Mary Belenky
The hierarchy of infant feeding choices for the term baby: - answer-:1. Baby at mother's breast
2. Mother's own expressed milk
3. Milk from milk bank
4. Cow milk formula
5. Soy formula
Research has shown that milk expressed by a breast pump has higher fat than milk that is
expressed by hand (manually). True or false. - answer-:FALSE. It is higher when collected by
hand (manually).
Banked donor milk is: - answer-:- preventative, reduces long term morbidity
- reduces mortality, matter of life and death for some infants
