...Breastfeeding The International Council of Nurses (ICN) considers that breast milk is the food of choice for infants and that as a general principle; exclusive breastfeeding should be protected, promoted and supported for the duration of six months as a global public health recommendation. ICN supports efforts to promote adoption of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to ensure that all maternities become centers of breastfeeding support (www.icn.ch/pu). ICN holds the mother’s right to make an informed choice about infant feeding. This includes providing information, counseling and guidance to all HIV infected mothers about the risks and benefits of feeding options most suitable for their situation, in line with those recommended in the UNICEF/UNAIDS/WHO guidelines (www.icn.ch/pu). Furthermore, ICN supports the revised International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 183 on maternity protection. ICN concurs that it is the right of all working women, including those in the informal sector, to have paid daily breaks or a daily reduction of hours of work when breastfeeding a child, and to have hygienic facilities at or near the workplace (www.icn.ch/pu). The ICN’s position is that infants who are breastfed have fewer illnesses and are better nourished than those who are fed other drinks and foods. It is estimated that 1.5 million infant lives would be saved, and the health and development of millions of others would be greatly improved, if exclusive breastfeeding...
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...Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk University of Texas at Arlington Introduction The American Academy of pediatrics (AAP) recommends exclusive breastfeeding or human milk feeding for the first 6 months of life and that breastfeeding or human milk feeding continue as the sole source of milk for the first year. Breast milk contains a more compete protein than cow’s milk-based formulas, is more easily digested, and results in more rapid gastric emptying time. Human milk and colostrum contain immunologic and antibacterial components not available in formula (Pedi Book). Breastfeeding is recognized as the best nutrition for infants. The breast milk provides numerous health benefits to both mother and baby. The advantages include: health, nutritional, immunologic, developmental, psychological, social, economic, and environmental benefits. Breastfeeding is not just a process that a mother has to go through. It is the first relationship an infant will encounter. The Need Breastfeeding is highly nutritional, protects from various infectious diseases, decreases rates of sudden infant death syndrome, reduction in insulin dependent (type 1) and non-insulin-dependent (type 2 diabetes mellitus), lymphoma, leukemia, and Hodgkin disease, overweight, and obesity. Contraindications According to the Center Disease Control and Prevention breastfeeding is not advisable if one or more of the following conditions are true: The infant whose mother has been infected...
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...Running head: CRITIQUE OF THE RESEARCH ARTICLE: PERSPECTIVES OF Critique of the Research Article: Perspectives of Hospital-Based Nurses on Breastfeeding Initiation Best Practices Kimberly Baird Grand Canyon University Intro. To Nursing Research NRS-433V April 21, 2011 Critique of the Research Article: Perspectives of Hospital-Based Nurses on Breastfeeding Initiation Best Practices The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the differences in breastfeeding knowledge and the implementation of breastfeeding by registered nurses in the postpartum units and the hospital policies, both formal and informal, related to the implementation and support of breastfeeding. Human milk is accepted as the ideal food source for infants for the first 6 months of life. Breastfeeding is then encouraged as a supplement to other foods until the child is 12 months of age and beyond. Both The Academy of Pediatrics and the International Lactation Consultant Association support these recommendations. CDC statistics report that in 2006 73.9% of women breastfed in the early postpartum period. This drops to 33.1% of those that are exclusively breastfeeding at 3 months of age and then drops again to 13.6% exclusively breastfeeding at 6 months. The Healthy People 2010 goals are 75% of women initiating breastfeeding in the early postpartum period and retaining 60% of those that continue to breastfeed at 3 months and 25% continuing until 6 months. These statistics fall short of those goals...
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...Diagnosis Beaver Medical Group is the one of the leading medical associations in the Inland Empire. After interviewing multiple OB doctors, it was found that they do not have time to discuss breast-feeding with their patients during prenatal care visits. This is due to time constraints because of a multitude of patients needing to be seen by these doctors. We have representatives from Redlands Community Hospital that have spoken to the same OB doctors regarding breast-feeding education during prenatal visits. Research has been sent to the doctors regarding exclusive breast-feeding and how the results are better if the patients are educated about it during their prenatal visits. The hospitals in the Inland Empire offer birthing classes and breast-feeding clinics. Most do not have the money to advertise these free classes. More advertising to promote these classes would be helpful. The high schools that have classes for pregnant teens also need to address breast-feeding to a further extent. They can also educate about the resources and classes in the area that are free. Once the patients get to the hospital and deliver the baby they are usually taken care of by lactation educators and experienced nurses and are allowed to breast-feed on demand. We simply need to continue the support outside of the hospital setting. Outcomes or Goals If the doctors and nurses would make it a priority to speak to their patients about breast-feeding during their prenatal visits at Beaver Medical...
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...CN301- Community Health Teaching Care Plan Guidline Student's Name: Nicole Carter Placement Agency: Methadone Clinic Assessment(identify a need for the client(s) or population you are working with, growth and development, characteristics, etc.). The individuals at the Methadone clinic are between ages 18-60. This age group is considered to be young and middle adulthood. Kozier &Erb(2010). Through my clinical experience and observations I did identify that mothers of all ages did not have a good knowledge base of what methadone is and what it can do for themselves and their babies. | Briefly discuss the importance of the chosen topic/issue. (Why is the topic important for your client(s)/population?) According to the Centre for Addiction &Mental Health, pregnant women who are still using opioids must contact their doctor right away as it is very important that they be assessed. Throught my clinical rotation, the staff and myself identifed that there was a need for teaching about the importance of Methadone for both mom and baby. They indicated that a lot of these mothers came into the clinic not knowing what methadone does to them or there unborn child. It is very important that these mothers of ALL ages to have a good knowledge of the effects of methadone and what it can do for both mom and baby. | Objectives for the session/activity. (Between 3 and 5 objectives). By the end of my presentation the clients of the methadone clinic will have: 1...
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...Western Governors University Breastfeeding: A Declining Choice. A Realistic Solution Breastfeeding is endorsed by many different agencies worldwide. Some of those agencies include: The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Family of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. All of these agencies agree that breastfeeding should be done for the first twelve months of life. Mothers and babies build unspeakable bonds during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one of the most natural things a mother can do, yet it is becoming a declining choice among mothers when it comes to feeding their newborn. When a mother chooses to use formula over breast milk, both she and the baby loose out in many ways, two of the most important being critical nutrition and bonding time. Parents spend what could be considered small fortunes on formula when they could be feeding the babies for free by choosing the breast. A way to address the problem of the decline in mother’s breastfeeding is to provide more education, and to provide more support while beginning to change the public’s opinion on mom’s breastfeeding in public. 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...
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...Analysis Paper on the Barriers to Breastfeeding in the Media HEA-305 Women’s Health Breastfeeding is regarded as one of the most rewarding activities mothers partake in when caring for their children. The cells, hormones and antibodies in breast milk provide babies with unique protection against various illnesses (“Women’s Health”, 2014). Studies have shown that breast feeding reduces the risk of ear infections, gastroenteritis, severe respiratory tract infections, eczema, asthma, obesity, diabetes, childhood leukemia and sudden infant death syndrome (Northrup, 2014). With all of the great benefits breast feeding affords, it is unfortunate that breast feeding is no longer regarded as a natural process between a mother and child but as an obscene act that has become inferior to bottle feeding. The absence of the media’s acceptance of breast feeding, has led to a shift in our culture which is now influenced by the over flooding of products and advertisements promoting bottle feeding as the best way to feed a child. A product that supports the shift to a bottle fed culture that I chose to analyze was the Bottle Holder accessory by BabyGiraffe which is pictured below: The bottle holder accessory which was featured on lilsugar.com, a popular blog for mothers was regarded as a “third arm” for busy moms that have other younger children (“5 Products Designed”, 2014). The intended audience for this product includes busy mothers who commute frequently (the ad includes a car seat)...
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...Those terms are used to document each participant in the WIC system. I think the success of this program impact the participant’s health due to the crucial stage that the services are provided like Breastfeeding Peer Counselor program. The main goal of the program is to educate participant of been aware about the high risk of obesity at early age by prevent it and focus on a healthy...
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...Controversy around Newborn Breastfeeding In 2000 BC breastfeeding was a norm and was used as "wet nursing" (Stevens, Patrick & Pickler, 2009). According to Stevens, Patrick & Pickler (2009) Breastfeeding was used as a method of safe infant feeding since bottles or formula use did not exist. Wet nursing was defined as, "a woman who breastfeeds another's child" (Davis, 199 3, p. 2111). Wet nursing was used when "mothers were dying from childbirth or lactation failure" (Stevens, Patrick & Pickler, 2009). Ever since bottle feeding and formula use has been discovered, there has been a lot of controversy around which method is the safest for infants. Years ago, in an article written by Hila Spear, Penny, a young mother who gave birth...
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...The UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Developing a breastfeeding strategy – Evidence and appendices © UNICEF UK 2009 The content of this booklet has been produced by the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative. The Baby Friendly Initiative is a global programme of UNICEF and the World Health Organization which works with the health services to improve practice so that parents are enabled and supported to make informed choices about how they feed and care for their babies. Health-care facilities which adopt practices to support successful breastfeeding receive the prestigious UNICEF/WHO Baby Friendly award. In the UK, the Baby Friendly Initiative is commissioned by various parts of the health service to provide advice, support, training, networking, assessment and accreditation. For more information about all aspects of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative’s work, visit our website at www.babyfriendly.org.uk UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, UNICEF House, 30a Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DU Tel: 020 7490 2388 Fax: 020 7250 1733 E-mail: bfi@unicef.org.uk UNICEF is a Registered Charity, No. 1072612. Contents Page 1. Background Information........................................................4 – Health benefits of breastfeeding...............4 – Cost benefits.................................................5 – Health inequalities.......................................7 –The International Code................................8 – National and...
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...Assessing the newborn in the first 5 minute of life is very important to prevent any complication. Apgar scale is widely used when assessing the newborn. This scale evaluates the infant heart rate, refluxes, respiratory rate, and body color and muscle tones. I think this scale is very important to use because it gives us a sign if there is a development issue with the newborn. The health care providers including nurses, doctors, nurse practitioner and midwives, uses the Apgar scale on the first minute and 5 minutes after the delivery, for example an Apgar scale 3 mean the baby is very sick and may die. In addition to this scale if the newborn has low Apgar scale, then the use of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale is necessary...
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...Professionalism: Improving Education of Nurses on the topic of Breastfeeding NUR 3100 Professor Garcia Abstract Without breastfeeding, an infant looses valuable health and nutritional benefits. The mother also has the potential to develop serious complication derived from labor. Through adequate education nurses, become more competent in encouraging and educating new mothers to breastfeed. The purpose of this paper is to explore and define the themes, roles and philosophy of Aurora University’s School of Nursing. These themes, roles and philosophies are important because they give nurses’ knowledge for which to base their professional careers on. With this base nurses are better prepared to educate the community of women on breastfeeding. Nursing Professionalism: Improving Education of Nurses on the topic of Breastfeeding In the professional nursing field nurses are expected to carry out the philosophies, themes, and roles of the nursing field. Aurora University’s School of Nursing outlines the importance of the themes, roles and philosophy so their students can one day provide patients with exemplary care. Without fully understanding the themes and roles of nurses, students will not be able to provide competent care. The roles of a nurse can be applied in many areas. One area in particular is in educating women about breastfeeding. In order for nurses to fully educate new mothers about breastfeeding, nurses must first have adequate education themselves. Nursing...
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...Child Health Nursing by MAY PRINCES T. ABUCEJO, RN August, 2012 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION Rationale of the Study The Child Survival Strategy published by the Department of Health has emphasized the need to strengthen health services of children throughout the stages. The neonatal period has been identified as one of the most crucial phases in the survival and development of the child. The Millennium Development Goal Number four (4) of reducing under five child mortality can be achieved by the Philippines, however, if the neonatal mortality rates are not addressed from its non-moving trend of decline, MDG 4 might not be achieved (http://www.doh.gov.ph/node/2664). Based on health statistics, the Philippines is one of the 42 countries that account for 90% of under-five mortality worldwide. Eighty two thousand (82,000) Filipino children under five years old die every year. Thirty seven percent (37%) or 40,000 of them are newborn. Majority of them (3/4) die within the first two days of life, mostly from preventable causes. The high mortality and morbidity rates in newborn are directly related to inappropriate hospital and community practices currently employed throughout the Philippines. According to the Department of Health (2009) that correct and appropriately-timed interventions given to the newborn during this period will benefit both the newborn and the mother as these will avert approximately 70% of avoidable newborn deaths (Department of Health, 2009)...
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...I felt that it was important for the family to consider breastfeeding the newborn baby instead of giving her formula for the first six months of her life since it is essential to her development and health in the long term. Both parents were attentive and listening as I gave the education on breastfeeding and the different options that they had regarding how to breastfeed and whether they have considered breast pump as a last resort. In the end, I commended both parents on their team efforts to help one another when it came to the care of their newborn baby as well as how they were supportive of one another through the experience of childbirth. The family centered care concept that I based my intervention on was that of dignity and respect. I listened and honored their perspectives and choices when it came to the issue of breastfeeding. The intervention that I did not select education on jaundice since their previous children were at low risk for it. I felt that they knew more about it and since they were not as concerned with it compared to the feeding of the baby, I did not educate them on...
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...substantial influence on the child’s health present and future. Abstract: Proper nutrition early in infancy is very important for the physical and emotional development of a child and issues can follow the individual into their adulthood. Physicians have put into place assessments that can be done on infants around 6-8 weeks and again around 8-9 months that can detect early problems such as failure to thrive. Small kids that have been diagnosed with Autism tend to have issues with proper nutrition because of the sensitivity of foods and end up with a diagnosis of failure to thrive also. A feeding checklist for non-organic failure to thrive patients, is a great tool for helping medical personal observe feeding interactions with the infants and their parents that helps with recognizing feeding issues with the parents or caregivers. Medical professionals have advised that extensive time prior the initial conception, the nutrition of the parents has an impact on the infant’s growth all the way into adulthood and beyond (Shepard, 2009). All females that are at the child-bearing age and plan on having children need to be adamant about appropriate habits relating that also consist of a daily life that improves their healthiness and will benefit in decreasing the possibility of birth defects, suboptimal fetal growth and long-lasting medical challenges with any of their children they may conceive in the future (Shepard, 2009). Breastfeeding infants...
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