Human milk in the NICU
Subtitle: policy into practice
By: Lois D.W. Arnold.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763761332
Subjects: Neonatal intensive care; Breast milk; Newborn infants -- Nutrition; Breastfeeding; Breast Feeding; Intensive Care, Neonatal -- organization & administration; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Milk Banks -- organization & administration; Milk, Human; Mothers -- education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Establishing the need for human milk in the NICU; title: Step 1 : developing a policy supportive of breastfeeding/human milk use; title: Step 2 : training all healthcare staff in skills to implement policy; title: Step 3 : teach mothers about the benefits of human milk for their preterm infants; title: Step 4 : initiate early skin-to-skin as soon as possible; title: Step 5 : help mothers to begin early milk expression, and provide education and support for establishing and maintaining an adequate milk supply; title: Step 6 : give special care infants only human milk unless medically contraindicated; title: Step 7 : promote skin-to-skin contact between parents and their preterm infants; title: Step 8 : foster early transition to full breastfeeding; title: Step 9 : use ethical evidence-based breastfeeding practices free of conflicts of interest; title: Step 10 : foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and community programs and refer mothers to them; title: Clinical use of donor milk; title: Brief history of donor milk banking in the United States; title: International models; title: The ten steps for a "baby-friendly" milk bank.