Our hospital is considering going to a more "family centered" care with
Mother/Baby couplets for one  nurse to care for both the mother and baby.
This will also mean a much smaller nursery and rooming in for most
situations.  The staff is rather resistant at this time, and we are looking
for hospitals that have made this transition and are doing well with it.  If
anyone would like to share any tips for this transition I would love to hear
from you.  Did you find it required more staff than the more traditional
model?  What about the situations where the mother wants to "sleep" at night
and send her baby back to the nursery?

We are not yet ready for "Baby Friendly", but this is certainly a step in
the right direction.

Also, I seem to recall reading on Lactnet that some hospitals use the 1 LC
/1000 births/year to determine how many lactation consultants will be on
staff.  Does anyone know of any "standard" for this ratio?

Thank you for any information.
Evelyn Landry, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, Louisiana

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