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.
>
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