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Laura Wham and all, In 1992, for a MSN project I expanded on Pat Van Bonn's
work at U of M with minimum BF competencies for all perinatal staff.
Humenick's article (1992) "A call for the lactation initiator: Setting the
standards". Journal of Human Lactation, 8(3), 121-124. and the work of
Benner (1984) From novice to expert: Excellence and power in clinical
nursing practice. Menlo Park CA: Addison Wesley Publishing Company were
also major resources. I set out a list of content and competencies from
basic to expert in 5 levels, with associated readings. Each level could
easily be reproduced and kept in a notebook on the nursing unit. Some
research shows that continuing ed for nurses needs to be "user friendly" -
accessible. Pat Van Bonn's admin. required each perinatal nurse to complete
Unit 1(or level 1). I figured a clinical ladder concept could be used to
encourage further study, so I concocted levels 2-5. It's long and K.A. has
pointed out to me that some of the references are getting dated. I don't
currently have the time to re - research it. But I want to share the basic
idea. I would love to have 1100 people comment on what I teased out for
competencies at each level, but I think it (streamlined version - K.A.) is
still to long for Lactnet. I snailed it to somebody. Maybe after she reads
it, we could decide if a streamlined version (just content and competencies)
would be worth discussing. Let me know your wishes. I put a lot of work
into it and hate to just see it sitting when I know somebody could use it.
I personally hate reinventing the wheel! Pat
Pat Young in SNJ, USA
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