Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review

by Linda J. Smith

Overview

Awarded third place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child/Neonatal Nursing category! Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review, Fifth Edition is an ideal resource to help prepare for the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) certification examination. Completely revised and updated, the Fifth Edition is mapped to the 2016 and 2023 Detailed Content Outlines and contains more than 1100 practice exam questions and answer rationales, more than 350 clinical photos, and 20 case studies with questions. Organized around the mother-baby dyad's development, it poses questions unique to key topics, including nutrition, pathology, psychology, clinical skills, and more. This review guide is perfect for beginning lactation consultants and those re-certifying, as well as dietitians, childbirth educators, nurses, and breastfeeding counselors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781284198287
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/13/2022
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	933,915
Product dimensions:	8.54(w) x 10.84(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Linda J. Smith, MPH, IBCLC, FACCE, FILCA, is a lactation consultant, childbirth educator, author, and international consultant on breastfeeding and birthing issues. She was a founder of IBLCE, founder and past board member of ILCA, and serves on the Unit ed States Breastfeeding Committee. Her diverse background spans five decades of direct education and support for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in nine cities in the Unit ed States and Canada. She has worked in hospital systems and local and state public health agencies, and supported colleagues with service on related associations’ boards. Linda is an Adjunct Instructor in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, OH, and has represented ILCA or LLLI to the World Health Organization’s biannual meetings of BFHI Country Coordinators from Industrialized Countries since 2006. Linda is also a consultant to Baby-Friendly USA and INFACT Canada/IBFAN North America. She is currently the owner and director of Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre (BFLRC), whose mission is “Supporting the People Who Support ­Breastfeeding” with lactation education programs, consulting services, and educational resources. BFLRC is on the Internet at www.BFLRC.org. She is the author of four professional textbooks on birth and breastfeeding, author or co-author of 9 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and co-writer of Sweet Sleep by La Leche League International. She has lectured in 19 countries; her presentations have been translated into 12 languages including Chinese, Russian, and Inuktitut. She co-authored the 2018 WHO-UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative’s Competency Verification Toolkit. Her Lactation Management/Exam Preparation Course is the longest-running course of its kind, the first to be based on the IBLCE Detailed Content Outline, , and has been presented to thousands of students in the past 30 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction vi

Acknowledgments viii

About the Author ix

Chapter 1 Knowledge Area I. Development and Nutrition 1

Questions for Chapter 1 1

Answers for Chapter 1 43

Chapter 2 Knowledge Area II. Physiology and Endocrinology 61

Questions for Chapter 2 61

Answers for Chapter 2 71

Chapter 3 Knowledge Area III. Pathology 77

Questions for Chapter 3 77

Answers for Chapter 3 116

Chapter 4 Knowledge Area IV. Pharmacology and Toxicology 133

Questions for Chapter 4 133

Answers for Chapter 4 141

Chapter 5 Knowledge Area V. Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology 147

Questions for Chapter 5 147

Answers for Chapter 5 171

Chapter 6 Knowledge Area VI. Techniques 183

Questions for Chapter 6 183

Answers for Chapter 6 212

Chapter 7 Knowledge Area VII. Clinical Skills 223

Questions for Chapter 7 223

Answers for Chapter 7 269

Chapter 8 Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative 291

Questions for Chapter 8 292

Answers for Chapter 8 310

Chapter 9 Case Studies with Practice Questions 325

Clinical (Field) Exercises 355

References List/Bibliography 367

Index 379

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Julie Baker-Townsend, DNP, WHNP- BC, FNP-BC(University of North Florida Brooks College of Health)
Description: The title describes this book, which is a preparation guide for taking the IBLCE examination. The website is an excellent companion, with ebook reports, notes features, online pictures for evaluation, and test-taking analytics.
Purpose: The purpose is to prepare candidates for the IBLCE examination. The book provides an excellent strategy for completing the exam. The format of the print and online versions is similar. It is important to offer both platforms to appeal to the different learning preferences of students.
Audience: The intended audience is students (of any educational level) preparing for the IBLCE examination. The book is appropriate for any educational level. The author is one of the tops in her field.
Features: The book describes how to prepare for the exam, including clinical assignments and questions with answers and rationales. It provides information regarding the preparation for the exam, lactation teaching, and evaluation. The pictures of the breast and breastfeeding experience are rich in detail. The book has more pictures than most books of this nature. This is an excellent resource.
Assessment: The book and the website offer learners various ways of obtaining the information. It is essential that the book is updated in a timely fashion due to new drugs coming on the market and changes in evidence-based practice guidelines.

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