Outline
Ten Steps for Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding for Vulnerable Infants
Objectives:
- To understand the concepts of assisting mothers with establishing lactation
- To discuss strategies that will enhance the transition to breastfeeding
- Describe methods of facilitating breastfeeding success
Institutional Change to Create a Breastfeeding Culture:
Objectives:
The program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be described as a replicable model including information regarding the following:
- A hospital-wide survey of nurses’ knowledge regarding breast milk management
- The establishment of a hospital-wide breastfeeding committee and unit based sub-committees as part of the professional practice model
- Breastfeeding resource binders on every unit
- Educational programs for student nurses, all new hires, staff nurses, residents, and physicians
- A clinical consensus program on the use of human milk and breastfeeding for the high risk infant
- Continuous Quality Improvement projects related to the use of breast milk
