We just studied this article in Dr. Riordan's class. You can find it at: Jensen, Wallace & Kelsay (1994). LATCH: A Breastfeeding Charting System And Documentation Tool. JOGNN 22,27-32. Paula Hart Charleston, SC At 08:15 PM 12/2/98 -0500, Attie Sandink wrote: >Linda; >Your response for Lisa was well stated. That was somewhat the way I >proceded at our Hospital. Many changes have been made and policies revised. >But each revision is part of staff education when they are ready. But >remember you won't always be everyones friend. > >Lisa; we use the LATCH scoring in this hospital for the nurses to assess >the breastfeeding dyad(at least they are supposed to. I think it is >described in one of the JOurnals but I can't remeber which one. Does anyone >else remember? I would also be interested though in what others use as a >self assessment tool for latch > >Attie Sandink RN. IBCLC. > >