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Date: | Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:39:53 -0500 |
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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.
>
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