Breastfeeding of infants is an important health and medical decision for a mother and her baby. Research has repeatedly shown that human milk and breastfeeding of children provide advantages with regard to general health, growth, and development; while significantly decreasing the risk for a large number of acute and chronic diseases (CDC, 2012). Breast milk is the ideal nutrition for infants and is actually the only food infant’s need for growth and development during the first six months of life. Breastfeeding also benefits the mother. It can help some mothers lose weight faster. Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of osteoporosis and some forms of breast and ovarian cancer, and can help the uterus return to its normal size more quickly …show more content…
Therefore, the World Health Organization and other organizations are focusing education efforts on healthcare providers and facilities providing maternity care (WHO, 2012). Patients consistently identified nurses as preferred sources of information and guidance on breastfeeding. Therefore, nurses need to demonstrate competency in supporting lactation and breastfeeding (CDC, 2012). Breastfeeding: Nursing’s Role in Promotion and Support is intended for healthcare providers working within the clinical setting of Maternal Child Health. Participation in the course is open to all Maternal/Child Health clinical staff with more than one (1) year of experience working with Pregnant, Laboring, or Post-Partum …show more content…
The six week course will be held every Monday night at 5p-9p. A maximum of 21.5 hours of continuing education credit can be awarded for completing the program. When the maximum number of continuing education credits is earned, Rising Star Education, Inc. will certify the participant as a Breastfeeding Adviser. The course will include a check out book, PDF files and two articles provide for the nurses three weeks ahead of start of the course. The nurse will come to the education office on the second floor of the CEC office 202A, to the right of the elevator to pick up the program materials. The first five weeks will cover the ten units designed for the program with skill practice sessions included. Week one will cover Unit 1: Program Purpose and Organization and Unit 2: Introduction to Breastfeeding, week two will cover Unit 3: Assessing Breast milk Production and Unit 4: Basic Breastfeeding Techniques, and include a exam over units 1&2. Week three will cover Unit 5: Difficulties with Breastfeeding Related to the Mother and Unit 6: Difficulties with Breastfeeding Related to the Baby with a exam over units 3 &4. Week four will cover Unit 7: Breastfeeding When the Mother has Special Needs and Unit 8: Babies with Special Breastfeeding Needs, with a exam over units 5 & 6. Week five will cover Unit 9: Drugs and Their Effects on
Positive messages about breastfeeding should be evident in the midwife’s practice room (Ewles and Simnett, 2003). Literature and posters that promote breastfeeding can be prominently displayed. All magazines and literature in the waiting room can be examined to ensure that there are no unwanted advertisements or promotions of formula.
Lactation consultants are a vital part of the healthcare system. Together with the rest of the healthcare team they make sure that mother and baby's care as a breastfeeding pair is complete. The International Board Certified Lactation Consultant represents the "gold standard" in lactation consultant credentialing. Lactation consultants who carry the credentials IBCLC behind their names are specially trained and qualified to assist with every aspect of breastfeeding. I chose the topic of lactation consulting because I feel strongly about being a breastfeeding advocate. I believe that those in the healthcare field, especially the people involved in woman’s health and pediatrics should be knowledgeable
Studies have shown that breastfeeding has numerous benefits for mother and baby, including reducing the risk of common childhood infections. The protective antibodies found in breast milk helps to combat common infections that often leads to missed days from work and translates into lost productivity. In addition, breastfeeding has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of obesity in breastfed children verse children that were not breastfed. Breastfeeding also helps to
Since the beginning of time women have breast fed their infants. Although modern science has developed infant formula, doctors and nurses still recommend women feed their infants breast milk. Breastfeeding increases bonding time between mother and baby and decreases cancer in women. It is hypothesized that breast milk significantly improves babies health and cognitive functioning. Breast feeding is frequently researched and there are multiple sources that cite its benefits.
A lot of mothers are not being told how wonderful breastfeeding is for their health. Whether out of inexperience or due to the impact of the artificial baby milk industry, many health care providers fail to let mothers know of the facts. As other new mothers find out about these facts, more mothers will not merely choose to breastfeed for a short period of time to provide early disease control for their baby, but will continue to breastfeed, providing the best results both for their child and for
Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the complete form of nutrition for infants with a range of benefits for infants’ health, growth, immunity and development (Breastfeeding- Natural Is Best). All these factors can decrease Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS) and mortality. In serval meta-analyses babies that are breastfeed have a 36% decrease in the risk of SIDS. According to The Lives Saved Tool, an estimated 823,000 yearly deaths would be saved if breastfeeding was scaled up to universal levels. Disorders like necrotizing enterocolitis, that has a high case-fatality, showed a 58% decrease with breastfeeding (Victoria, Cesar G, et all.).
This paper will explain the benefits of breastfeeding and how it plays an extreme role in the long-term health of a child not only in the early stages of life but also into adulthood and how we as nurses can help promote this mode of nutrition.
As health providers we have the most important responsibility to teach, educate, and guide new mothers about the mechanics and benefits of breastfeeding.
Breast-feeding is believed to help save money and lives, according to results published in the journal Pediatrics, an American organization committed to the success of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The results suggest that breast-feeding may help prevent hundreds of deaths and many more costly illnesses each year. "These include stomach viruses, ear infections, asthma, juvenile diabetes, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and even childhood leukemia,"
Typical education on breastfeeding usually comes from two sources. One of those sources is prenatal classes that parents take while they are still pregnant. Breastfeeding is talked about but not in an in-depth or continual way. An example of a typical prenatal class is a four week course. The breastfeeding portion is about fifty-five minutes of one of those
I am going to look at how successfully my booklet demonstrates this to the mother with ease of access and range of activities for the early year’s educator to use and inform themselves upon. However mothers do encounter the problem of criticism, Breastfeeding Problems (2011):
“Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers” Statement taken from the world health organization publication on the nutrition of exclusive breastfeeding.
For thousands of years, breastfeeding has been the main source that women have had to feed their babies. In today’s society, however, breastfeeding has become a controversial issue due to the increased sexualization of the female body, especially women’s breasts. This same society has failed to consider the benefits that breastfeeding mothers offer to society and, most importantly, the benefits breastfeeding offers to children. It is important to consider and remember that breastfeeding is natural and nursing mothers should be free to nurse everywhere because it is their legal right, it is the first source of nutrition for their children, it eliminates excess waste in the environment, and it benefits society.
Breastfeeding is the way of feeding a baby with milk from mother’s breast. There are many benefits of breastfeeding for mothers especially. There is an emotional and physical attachment of mother with the baby. Breastfeeding also helps in minimizing the rates of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, arthritis and high blood pressure (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011). One of the main social conditions, which greatly affect breastfeeding, is socio-economic status of women. Women living in poor neighborhoods with lower levels of income and education level are less likely to breastfeed their babies and the rates of breastfeeding are low as well (Best Start, 2014). Moreover, the initiation of breastfeeding among black mothers is low as compared to other racial and ethnic groups due to their low socio-economic status (Petry, 2013).
In completing post-class questionnaires, participants scored significantly higher for breastfeeding knowledge, rated breastfeeding as significantly more important, and cited significantly higher confidence levels in breastfeeding than in pre-class questionnaires. In the 6-week postpartum interview, 70 of the original 153 mothers were interviewed. 91% were