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>  It is terribly sad that I will graduate with a class
> of nurses where I am the only one out of 40 who put a baby to the breast,
> and there are 35 parents in the class. 


I completely agree that it is terribly sad, but truly it should be moot in their provision of evidence-based, whole-person nursing care! 


> And, let's talk Plans of Care?? I can
> now understand why that nurse would want a flow chart! But, the LLLL side of
> me says we need to look at the baby, who is unpredictable, and make our
> decisions accordingly.
> 

These two concepts are NOT mutually exclusive. The discipline of Nursing is founded on the concepts of looking at the WHOLE person and response to illness or condition that affects all aspects of health (physical, mental, spiritual). One does not have to lose a person's wholeness to the chart or the chart to consider wholeness. 

I'm proud of my RN (35 years and holding) and my LLLL (30 years and holding). That many RNs forget or ignore or never fully "get" the basic concepts of a beautiful discipline is also terribly sad for themselves as well as their clients.



Re:
> It sounds like this colleague is a sniper, and I would encourage you to =
> not
> get enmeshed with him. You don't need to defend facts and truth. The =
> manager
> or director of your unit should explain reality to him. Human milk for =
> human
> babies for the breastfeeding mothers delivering at your hospital is the
> standard of care. These mothers being sabotaged or subjected to staff
> personal opinions is not quality care. 


AMEN! My first thought upon reading the original post was that this SN (who I hope goes into another specialty) is either a formula rep back in school or someone any lurking formula reps may want to recruit for sales! Sorry, that doesn't really respond to the questions asked -- just my reaction to his barrage and the effect it had on the LC who posted.

Karen

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