Success of an educational intervention on maternal/newborn nurses' breastfeeding knowledge and attitudes

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-666

  Bernaix, Laura W ^a   Beaman, Margaret L ^a   Schmidt, Cynthia A ^a   Harris, Judith Komives ^b   Miller, Linda Mitchell ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Rising Star Education Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Education; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149312673     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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