On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:43:14 -0400, Kirsten Berggren wrote:

I'm not sure I understand why we need to supply pacifiers at all. Why =20
not ask the hospital gift shop to stock them, and then parents can go =20
down there and get one if they really want it?

I was discussing hospital culture change with our nurse-manager =20
yesterday, and we concluded that when you first make a change, =20 everyone
is upset, and within a month or two, they forget the service =20 was ever
there. That was our patient reaction to losing the baby =20 photographer,
and another Vermont hospital presented last week at our =20 wonderful
breastfeeding symposium (thanks to Audrey Naylor for gracing =20 us again
with her presence) that once they fully closed their nursery, =20 they
really don't have parents asking the babies to be taken away =20 anymore.

 

So - how about "there's no medical indication for a pacifier with your =20
baby, but you're free to bring in your own or purchase one at the gift =20
shop"...

 

 

Hi Kirsten,

I do not work in a hospital, however I was thinking:  How about asking the
pharmacy to stock them and saying to the parents, "There's no medical
indication for a pacifier with your baby [at the same time mentioning the
problems it might cause], but it can be purchased in the pharmacy in the
hospital."  It belongs in the pharmacy if it is a necessity, just like a
breastpump or crutches.  I like the idea of getting away from the image that
it is a GIFT for the baby.

Lee Galasso, MS, IBCLC, RLC

 


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