Dear Susan, I am a labor and delivery nurse. My goal per unit policy and procedure is to have mom out of L&D and to PP one hour after the delivery of the placenta. I am an IBCLC and have been involved in breastfeeding counseling in assorted capacities for over 8 years. It's not a matter of dedication to breastfeeding promotion for me. It's a matter of time available. I will say that when I heard about the possibility of L&D nurses in my facility having a chance to administer that "all important" eye ointment, I was all for it. That way, our babies wouldn't have to be to NBN within that hour, and I could spend more time with mom and baby. Also, if we were able to keep babies longer in L&D, surely we could keep the mothers with them. :-) Megan Schmidt RN, IBCLC Susan R Potts wrote: > When I was an ob nurse for over 15 years, I DID have time to help > mothers with breastfeeding!! I saw it as a priority and important and > made time for it......I even had time to help other nurses' patients! > It is a matter of choices and priorities and comfort levels with the > task. > *********************************************** 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