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In a message dated 7/16/01 10:39:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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However, the design is
of stars and moons and babies.......many of the babies have a pacifier in
the mouth......and in the background like stars in the sky are baby
bottles.
I have pointed out the problem, but no one else seems to think it is a
> problem since "the mothers are going to work or have some reason to give a
> bottle." It is so disheartening, so embarrassing.
>
> Has this come up anywhere else? Was anything done? Does Joint Commission
> notice things like that?
>
Pardee,
I don't have an answer to any of your questions, but I can empathize & make
some suggestions. I would definitely object & refuse to wear the uniform
print. I would wear only the colors that go with it. (However, if you only do
LC work, you may not even be required to wear a uniform.)
I would present the administration & then the staff with the information that
AAP recommends NO pacifiers or bottles. By wearing such a print, they are
definitely suggesting that pacifiers & bottles are OK for newborns. I would
strongly point out that moms in the hospital do what the nurses do or
suggest. Nurses who work in hospitals have a very big responsibility to model
behavior for newborn care. I have worked in the hospital setting for most of
my 30+ years of nursing. I know what I am talking about! (Whoops, getting a
little passionate here! I could go on about all the little things that I have
helped promote -- no pacifiers or bottles in the cribs, "back to sleep,"
rooming-in). Perhaps you could also talk about marketing techniques. It is
important to market breastfeeding in the best way possible. By wearing
pictures of pacifiers & bottles, they are marketing/promoting these devises.
This is a very important issue. I hope that the administrators will be open
to what you are trying to do--support successful breastfeeding and not
undermine it.
Laura Hart
Winter Park, FL
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