Document Type
Article
Article Version
Pre-print
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
Promoting breastfeeding of preterm infants offers clinical challenges for maternal-child nurses, and requires understanding the experience of the mother. Maternal-child nurses, in collaboration with hospital- and community-based lactation specialists, can meet the unique needs of preterm infants and their mothers. There are several opportunities for nurses to educate other health care professionals in the care of preterm infants and their mothers. The case study in this article presents one mother’s experience of delivering a preterm infant and the many obstacles to breastfeeding that she encountered, and it also offers suggestions for what nurses and other health care professionals can do to make sure other mothers have a more positive experience.
Publication Title
AWHONN Lifeline
Repository Citation
Campbell, Suzanne Hetzel and Guttman, C., "Challenges of breastfeeding preterm infants: A case study. What goes right, what goes wrong, and what can nurses do?" (2006). Nursing and Health Studies Faculty Publications. 5.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/nursing-facultypubs/5
Published Citation
Campbell, S.H. & Guttman, C. (Dec2006/Jan2007). Challenges of breastfeeding preterm infants: A case study. What goes right, what goes wrong, and what can nurses do? AWHONN Lifelines,10(6).
DOI
10.1111/j.1552-6356.2006.00098.x
Comments
This is a pre-print of an article accepted for publication in AWHONN Lifeline (10,6 2006). The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com.