Rachel:  Thank you for your post.  When I read the negative responses to my 
post informing others of this on-line quiz, I immediately went back and 
relooked at the quiz.  I thought others were finding a different quiz than 
the one I found!  I am impressed with the breastfeeding knowledge that this 
doctor assumes from the general public.  I also got 2 answers wrong, 
because, I read too much into the questions.  One of the questions I got 
wrong was the one on AAP recommmendations on how long mothers should 
nurse.  Every pediatrician I know has conveniently "whited out" the rest of 
the sentence after "breastfeed for the first 12 months" which, of course 
is, "for as long as the mother and baby desire".  In the US, it is almost 
the universal recommendation that mothers wean at 1 year.  And those that 
question the ped about the 2nd half of that sentence, they are told that 
there is no need to go longer.  I did get a laugh out of one the answer 
choices that the pediatrician "tolerate breastfeeding"!
I gave a copy of the quiz to my 5 nurses that I am training and they were 
surprised at the difficulty of the questions.  Their homework?  Look up the 
answers and read why the answers are correct as well as why the incorrect 
answers are incorrect.

Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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