Our hospital provides meals to breastfeeding moms in the nicu. I am not
sure if it provides it to formula feeding moms, I can find that out.  I am
not sure what budget it comes out of, but I would think it would come out
of the unit budget.

Sheena Carnes, BSN, RN, LLLL, IBCLC

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:40 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There are guidelines that have forced hospitals to charge for "courtesy
> stays" an amount equal to going hotel rates unless the stay is essential to
> the patient - such as pediatrics where parent is required to stay or
> night-before-discharge rooming-in.  In those cases, meals are provided.
> Otherwise meals have to be charged for.  At least that's what I've been
> told.
>
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> Currently I am on a team that needs me to ask the following question -
> unless you feel your response is beneficial to the group you can reply to
> me privately.
>
> For hospitals in the USA, specifically the NICU's, does the hospital
> provide meals in any way for the mom's that are breastfeeding/providing
> breastmilk? To be more specific, this would be the mom's that are no longer
> in-patients themselves and what my group really wants to know is; if this
> is done, how is it funded?
> Thanks Much, Jodie Drum RN, IBCLC & at work in Washington, D.C
>
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