The power of a birthing center nurse

You play an important role in a mother’s breastfeeding experience by ensuring that the evidence-based practices we know contribute to breastfeeding success are happening in your hospital. As a nurse, your charge is to empower and educate mothers so that all mothers can make an informed decision about feeding.

Why Breastfeeding Fact 1:

What happens in the immediate postpartum period has the most significant effect on breastfeeding success.

Why Breastfeeding Fact 2:

By educating and supporting the breastfeeding mother, you are helping both the mother and her baby achieve long-lasting health outcomes.

Why Breastfeeding Fact 3:

Involving the father of the baby in this breastfeeding education and support increases breastfeeding rates.

Why breastfeeding

The health benefits of breastfeeding for mother and baby are clear. Breastfeeding is no longer a lifestyle choice, but a public health decision.

Breastfeeding decreases postpartum depression.

Breastfeeding protects against postpartum hemorrhage.

Breastfeeding protects against SIDS and SUIDS.

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High Impact Behaviors

A high impact behavior is an action that is EFFECTIVE and EFFICIENT. As a birthing center nurse, you have the ability to accomplish it. It is an action that you can do today. Let’s get started!

Affirm

Affirm the importance of breastfeeding by telling mothers, “As your nurse, I recommend and support breastfeeding as your feeding choice.”

Refer

Refer to community resources. Your community partners are ready to help you send a consistent message for your families.

Help

Help bonding happen by encouraging rest during the day, and being the force that keeps mothers and babies together.

Our suggested offering for birthing center nurses

We’re Prepared Checklist

A “table of contents” for key topics that should be covered with mothers prenatally and throughout their hospital stay.

Counseling Sheets

These economically and ecologically friendly tools provide a sustainable way for you to deliver a powerful breastfeeding message… one mother at a time.

Complete Curriculum

This comprehensive training is designed to inspire your team and give them the knowledge and tools they need to help mothers succeed.

Core Practice Curriculum

This curriculum represents the five core hours of Coffective training, providing an efficient and effective training option to facilitate community-wide culture change.

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