Early Bloomers: A Nursing-Driven Program to Support Human Milk Feeding Among Late Preterm Infants in the Mother-Baby Unit.

Late preterm infants have lower breastfeeding rates than term infants, yet few published interventions or guidelines exist to guide hospitals in managing them in the non-intensive nursery setting. Here we describe the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary, hospital-based, breastfeeding support program among late preterm infants not requiring intensive care. The Early Bloomer Program includes an order set applied at birth, immediate lactation consultation, availability of donor milk, parent education on late preterm infants, hand expression teaching and kit including spoon and video link, and daily interdisciplinary team huddles.

Outcomes of Implementation of a NICU-Based Late Preterm Infant Feeding Guideline.

Background And Objectives: Late preterm (LPT) infants are at risk for feeding difficulties. Our objectives were to reduce the use of intravenous (IV) fluids and increase breastfeeding at discharge among LPT infants admitted to our NICU.

Methods: We implemented a feeding guideline and evaluated its effect using a pre-post design.

Breastfeeding information in nursing textbooks needs improvement.

The objective of this study was to determine if breastfeeding information in maternal-child (nursing) textbooks used in the United States is accurate and up to date. Six nursing textbooks, all published since 1999, were reviewed using a standardized scoring sheet. Five reviewers (1 pediatrician, 2 lactation consultants, 1 nurse, and 1 research assistant) examined breastfeeding content in each text.

Breast pump access in the inner city: a hospital-based initiative to provide breast pumps for low-income women.

An effective electric breast pump is an important tool for the management of breastfeeding challenges such as provision of human milk to sick or premature infants. A breast pump is also, in Western culture, critical for breastfeeding mothers who return to work. Obtaining an effective electric breast pump can be particularly difficult for uninsured or impoverished women because of the expense, complicated insurance reimbursements, and scarcity of providers that supply breast pumps to the inner-city community.