Sentences with phrase «discharged on breastmilk»
Only 6 % of NICU babies are discharged exclusively breastfed, yet a new study in the International Journal of Nursing Studies reveals that when NICU nurses have better work environments and higher education levels, and their units are adequately staffed, more babies are discharged on breastmilk.
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Ironically, this study demonstrated that the presence of a lactation consultant within the NICU unit did not impact the proportion of infants discharged on breastmilk.
In spite of this however, more than half of very low birth weight infants are discharged from neonatal intensive care units exclusively on artificial breastmilk, and four in ten are discharged on breastmilk with a fortifier or supplemental artificial breastmilk.
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If you are a Texas birthing facility that has removed all breastmilk substitute sponsored discharge bags from your facility, contact me at: [email protected] For more information on this national initiative along with resources for how to get started, visit: http://www.banthebags.org