Continuity of care in breastfeeding : best practices in the maternity setting / Karin Cadwell and Cindy Turner-Maffei.
Material type: TextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. ; London : Jones and Bartlett, 2008.Description: 225 pISBN:- 9780763751845 (pbk.) :
- 0763751847 (alk. paper)
- 649.33 CAD
- RJ216 .C2283 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction--1. Evidence-based policy- a cornerstone of continuity of care -- 2. Optimizing breastfeeding knowledge, skill, and competency throughout the health care system --3. Prenatal and perinatal education regarding infant feeding --4. Getting breastfeeding off to a good start: the first hour after birth -- 5. Assessing and support breastfeeding beyond the first hour: key steps in supporting the breastfeeding couplet --6. Assuring exclusive breastfeeding -- 7. Assuring ongoing mother-baby contact -- 8. Pacing the breastfeedings --9. Avoiding extracurricular suckling and feeding in the learning phase of breastfeeding -- 10. Keeping breastfeeding going: bridging the gaps into the community -- 11. The baby-friendly hospital initiative: a tool for change -- 12. Providing woman-centered breastfeeding care --13. Improving maternity care for breastfeeding through practice change.
Emphasizes quality and continuity of care, management issues, and policies and procedures that support breastfeeding in the hospital setting - whether in the inpatient maternity, NICU or ambulatory care.