Dear Lactnetters,
For those of you who know me, I love to network and share helpful
information. With that in mind, I usually speak here from the perspective of
my private practice, however, I'm also still functioning as a clinical
educator role at a hospital.  So, at the hospital we are being visited by
JCAHO.  Yesterday was the unit-based walkthrough by the nurse and her big
emphasis evolved around how the nurses are conducting a nutritional
assessment on admission to the OB dept. and then what criteria is used to
alert for a dietary consult because this is going to be A LACTATING WOMAN!
This examiner was strongly emphasizing the nutritional aspect of supporting
lactation and used this example for conveying the need for interdisciplinary
plans of care.  So, I wanted to alert those LC's functioning as
hospital-based practices to be aware that lactation is emphasized by at least
one examiner from JCAHO.
Sincerely,
Carol Chamblin, RN, MS, IBCLC

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