In a message dated 3/3/0 9:14:28 PM, Jeanette writes: << Have any of you created a list of skills/competencies that RNs on the maternity/nursery/mother-baby unit should have?....what EVERY nurse should know who is in contact with newly delivered moms) >> project proposal: lactnetters make up a lactnet generated list, lactnetters can add to, *and/or* give opinions as to why an item should or should not be on the list. how about two sections: knowledge and skills? here is a start to add to: *Knowledge list*: benefits/advantages of bf how parents can plan to be sucessful suck pattern/effectivness assessment *Skills list*: postions/positioning (includes for comfort & skin-to-skin) breast massage enhancing nipple protractility prn Debbie Deborah Tobin RN BSN IBCLC LCCE Springfield, Virginia USA In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway - warm and sunny [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html