Dear Fellow Lactnetters,
 
I have just started as the coordinator of a new lactation program at  our 
local hospital.  This has been a dream of mine since 1986 when I first  
certified.  There is so much to learn about policies and politics and who  does what, 
when and how.  I would like to develop an assessment tool that  will cover 
prenatal issues, intrapartum events and immediate postpartum feeding  behaviors 
and concerns.  
 
The assessment tool I used for home lactation visits has a lot of the data  I 
feel I need to know, but isn't really complete enough for the in-patient  
evaluation.  Plus the format will probably not lend itself to being put  online, 
as we go to online patient charting the middle of  next month.  Do any of you 
have copies of assessment tools that  you use in your facility that you would 
be willing to share and e-mail to  me?  I would be grateful for any assistance 
you experienced in-patient LC's  can offer.  If any of you are going to the 
"Breastfeeding in the Baystate"  Conference in Waltham, MA, could you bring 
them with you?  Perhaps we  can dialogue about what worked for you as you started 
out in your respective  hospitals.  
 
Please send e-mail to me privately at [log in to unmask] 
(mailto:[log in to unmask])  so as not to clog up the  list.  Thank you in advance.  
 
Mary-Jane Sackett, IBCLC, RLC
Pittsfield, MA
(In the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, USA)  



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