The Role of the High Risk Perinatal Nurse Team in Providing Human Milk
Description
Description
This program is designed to explore conflict and stress related issues for the NICU nurse with regard to providing human milk for preterm infants. Significant research regarding the benefits of human milk for preterm infants is included. Understanding the value of human milk and its impact on these vulnerable infants as well as incorporating best practices in the first 100 hours emphasizes that the responsibility lies with all health care providers to support provision of human milk. Several scenarios are presented describing how attitudes can affect behaviors.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss how stress and attitudes may affect best practices surrounding the provision of human milk
- Describe the importance of human milk and its impact on morbidities in the preterm infant
- Describe evidenced based benefits of human milk for preterm infants
- Discuss best practices regarding responsibilities of the NICU nurse in providing human milk to vulnerable infants
Credit Hours
- Nursing - 3.0 Contact Hours
- Dietitian - 3.0 CPE Credits
Outline
- Overview of interpersonal relationships in the NICU environment
- Conflict and stress in the NICU
- Attitude Surveys-how do you really feel about providing human milk to vulnerable infants?
- Understanding the value of human milk-what does the research tell us?Best Practices-the first 100 hours
- Staff and parent education
- Asking for human milk in the midst of crisis- Misconceptions/Barriers
- Pumping-early and often
- Mouth care with colostrum, early enteral feeds
- Benefits of a pumping log
- Transition to the breast for the preterm infant
- Preparation for discharge
- Understanding the ten steps for promoting and protecting breastfeeding for vulnerable infants (Diane Spatz)
