Hmmm...with all due respect, I am still confused about teaching infant formula preparation to postpartum mothers before leaving the hospital. In a highly litigious environment, what do hospital risk managers think about this practice? What would have happened with the most recent infant death from powdered formula if a nurse or lactation consultant had demonstrated how to prepare it (even though the problem wasn't with the preparation)? Would the liability extend to the professional and the hospital? This is very scary stuff! Even if nurses and/or lactation consultants are excellent at teaching preparation, what would happen if a mother "stretches" the formula and the baby has complications? Any mom could say, "Well, the nurse taught me how?" As a nurse, I don't think charting "proper preparation of infant formula discussed and demonstrated" would relieve me of the liability.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Marie Ivey, BSN, RN, LCCE, IBCLC
Chattanooga, Tennessee
 

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