CBC Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. What self-care practice is essential for cultural competency practitioners? → Regular self-care prevents burnout and ensures competent, ethical practice
2. What self-care practice is essential for case management practitioners? → Regular self-care prevents burnout and ensures competent, ethical practice
3. A mother returning to work asks about adding fresh expressed milk to already refrigerated stored milk. The most appropriate guidance is: → Cool the freshly expressed milk first before adding it to already-cold stored milk
4. How should cultural competency be applied in crisis intervention? → Develop awareness of cultural factors and adapt approaches to honor client diversity
5. At room temperature (up to 77°F/25°C), freshly expressed breast milk can safely be stored for up to: → 4 hours
6. What is the role of the alveoli in the mammary glands? → Produce and store breast milk.
7. Which nutrient is essential for a breastfeeding mother to support milk production? → Protein
8. How should confidentiality be handled in cultural competency? → Maintain strict confidentiality with limited exceptions for safety and legal mandates
9. What self-care practice is essential for crisis intervention practitioners? → Regular self-care prevents burnout and ensures competent, ethical practice
10. What ethical boundary is most important in treatment planning? → Maintaining clear professional boundaries while building therapeutic rapport
11. How should treatment termination be managed in cultural competency? → Plan for termination collaboratively, including relapse prevention and referral resources
12. What assessment tool is essential for treatment planning practice? → Validated, culturally appropriate assessment instruments combined with clinical interview
13. What is the most effective way for a breastfeeding counselor to establish trust with a mother? → Actively listening and showing empathy.
14. A mother is exclusively pumping and notices her output is decreasing. Which counseling recommendation is most evidence-based for increasing supply? → Increasing pumping frequency rather than duration
15. What ethical boundary is most important in case management? → Maintaining clear professional boundaries while building therapeutic rapport
16. How can a breastfeeding counselor help a mother overcome self-doubt about breastfeeding? → Providing reassurance and acknowledging her progress.
17. How should cultural competency be applied in ethics and boundaries? → Develop awareness of cultural factors and adapt approaches to honor client diversity
18. What self-care practice is essential for ethics and boundaries practitioners? → Regular self-care prevents burnout and ensures competent, ethical practice
19. What ethical boundary is most important in group dynamics? → Maintaining clear professional boundaries while building therapeutic rapport
20. In a standard household freezer (0°F/-18°C), breast milk can be stored safely for: → 6 months
21. Which herbal supplement has some evidence suggesting it may decrease milk supply? → Sage (Salvia officinalis)
22. Which labeling information is most important when storing breast milk for use in a daycare setting? → The mother's name, the infant's name, and the date and time of expression
23. Which anatomical structure delivers milk from the alveoli to the nipple? → Lactiferous ducts
24. What ethical boundary is most important in therapeutic techniques? → Maintaining clear professional boundaries while building therapeutic rapport
25. Which supplementation method is preferred for a newborn who needs additional feeds while the mother is establishing supply? → Supplemental nursing system (SNS) at the breast to maintain infant suckling stimulation
26. Which food is NOT recommended for infants under one year of age? → Honey
27. What ethical boundary is most important in crisis intervention? → Maintaining clear professional boundaries while building therapeutic rapport
28. When storing breast milk in the freezer, which practice is recommended to preserve quality? → Leaving 1 inch of space at the top of rigid containers to allow for expansion
29. What ethical boundary is most important in ethics and boundaries? → Maintaining clear professional boundaries while building therapeutic rapport
30. Which non-verbal communication skill is important when counseling a breastfeeding mother? → Maintaining eye contact and using open body language