No matter what you call it, it is assault - if that is how the mother perceives it. Nurses are not allowed to assault patients, this needs to be reported and corrected. Several people have mentioned ways to report, if mom doesn't want to herself. If she has signed a release for the pix and it doesn't include her face and it is OK with her, I would see that the pix goes privately to the Maternal Child health supervisor. The mother or specific nurse does not have to be identified, just one that it is one of their staff. It is a general complaint and needs to be dealt with at a nursing staff meeting or short inservice. If nothing happens, then to hosp risk management team. Actually that mom has a very good case vs the nurse, but it doesn't sound like she wants to pursue it. That really doesn't help educate the staff either. One of those instances that makes a great opportunity for teaching! Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html