Improving Human Milk and Breastfeeding Practices in the NICU

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 426-438

  Fugate, Karen ^a   Hernandez, Ivonne ^a   Ashmeade, Terri ^b   Miladinovic, Branko ^b   Spatz, Diane L ^c,d  

^a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Human milk; Neonate; NICU; Quality improvement; Very low birth weight; VLBW

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK, HUMAN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84929277749     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1552-6909.12563     Document Type: Article

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