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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