Lactation Consultants Improve Infant Health
Intro
Many people are unware of how lactation consultants impact the health of an infant. Because of this lack of knowledge, this has caused me to question exactly how these nurses impact infant health. Therefore, with this paper I am trying to answer how lactation consultants’ role positively impact neonatal health. It is important to understand how these nurses are helping infants because their nutrition will shape their physical, psychological, and emotional development and this will affect them for the rest of their lives. To find information on this question I used research data bases such as “CINAHL Complete” and “Proquest Nursing and allied Health Database”. In these data bases I used key words such as infant, lactation consultant, nutrition, …show more content…
Research needs to be improved on these nurses in Canada, and we need more lactation consultant nursing in primary health care. These nurses can identify and solve problems parents have and educate them to aid in their continuance of breastfeeding (Tedder, 2015, p.243), which will ultimately improve the children’s health.
References
Bhatia, J. (August 19, 2013). Human milk and the premature infant. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 8-14. doi:10.1159/000351537
Svenson, E. K., Velandia, I. M., Matthiesin, T. A., welles-Nystrom, L. B., & Widstrom, E. A. (2013). Effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on severe latch-on problems in older infants: a randomized trial. International Breastfeeding Journal, 8(1), 1-13. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.uwindsor.ca/10.1186/1746-4358-8-1
Tedder, J. (2015). The roadmap to breastfeeding success: teaching child development to extend breastfeeding duration. The Journal of Perinatal Education, 24(4), 239-248.
Intro
Many people are unware of how lactation consultants impact the health of an infant. Because of this lack of knowledge, this has caused me to question exactly how these nurses impact infant health. Therefore, with this paper I am trying to answer how lactation consultants’ role positively impact neonatal health. It is important to understand how these nurses are helping infants because their nutrition will shape their physical, psychological, and emotional development and this will affect them for the rest of their lives. To find information on this question I used research data bases such as “CINAHL Complete” and “Proquest Nursing and allied Health Database”. In these data bases I used key words such as infant, lactation consultant, nutrition, …show more content…
Research needs to be improved on these nurses in Canada, and we need more lactation consultant nursing in primary health care. These nurses can identify and solve problems parents have and educate them to aid in their continuance of breastfeeding (Tedder, 2015, p.243), which will ultimately improve the children’s health.
References
Bhatia, J. (August 19, 2013). Human milk and the premature infant. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 8-14. doi:10.1159/000351537
Svenson, E. K., Velandia, I. M., Matthiesin, T. A., welles-Nystrom, L. B., & Widstrom, E. A. (2013). Effects of mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on severe latch-on problems in older infants: a randomized trial. International Breastfeeding Journal, 8(1), 1-13. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.uwindsor.ca/10.1186/1746-4358-8-1
Tedder, J. (2015). The roadmap to breastfeeding success: teaching child development to extend breastfeeding duration. The Journal of Perinatal Education, 24(4), 239-248.