Delayed Newborn First Bath and Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates.

Objective: To develop an evidence-based practice project to evaluate the effect of delaying a newborn's first bath on exclusive breastfeeding rates at discharge.

Design: A pre- and post-implementation evaluation of the effect of delaying the first bath on exclusive breastfeeding rates at discharge.

Setting: A postpartum unit in a southern California community hospital.

Preventing infant abductions: an infant security program transitioned into an interdisciplinary model.

Ensuring the safety of infants born in a hospital is a top priority and, therefore, requires a solid infant security plan. Using an interdisciplinary approach and a systematic change process, nursing leadership in collaboration with clinical nurses and security personnel analyzed the infant security program at this community hospital to identify vulnerabilities. By establishing an interdisciplinary approach to infant security, participants were able to unravel a complicated concept, systematically analyze the gaps, and agree to a plan of action.