Supporting breastfeeding in the neonatal intensive care unit: Rush Mother's Milk Club as a case study of evidence-based care

The translation of the evidence for the use of human milk (HM) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) into best practices, toolkits, policies and procedures, talking points, and parent information packets is limited, and requires use of evidence-based quality indicators to benchmark the use of H...

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Published inThe Pediatric clinics of North America Vol. 60; no. 1; p. 209
Main Authors Meier, Paula P, Patel, Aloka L, Bigger, Harold R, Rossman, Beverly, Engstrom, Janet L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2013
Subjects
Attitude of Health Personnel
Breast Feeding - methods
Breast Milk Expression
Chicago
Enteral Nutrition - methods
Evidence-Based Practice
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - organization & administration
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - standards
Intensive Care, Neonatal - methods
Intensive Care, Neonatal - organization & administration
Intensive Care, Neonatal - standards
Lactation - physiology
Milk, Human
Organizational Culture
Patient Education as Topic
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Chicago
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Summary:The translation of the evidence for the use of human milk (HM) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) into best practices, toolkits, policies and procedures, talking points, and parent information packets is limited, and requires use of evidence-based quality indicators to benchmark the use of HM, consistent messaging by the entire NICU team about the importance of HM for infants in the NICU, establishing procedures that protect maternal milk supply, and incorporating lactation technologies that take the guesswork out of HM feedings and facilitate milk transfer during breastfeeding.
ISSN:1557-8240
DOI:10.1016/j.pcl.2012.10.007