Sentences with phrase «other lactation training»

RN: Registered Nurse (sometimes the lactation specialist at the hospital is a nurse with no other lactation training or credential)

Not exact matches

In our community (and most others I know of), WIC mothers are required to attend comprehensive prenatal breastfeeding classes and their first appointment after they have their baby is with a trained breastfeeding counselor or a lactation consultant (depending on their comfort level with breastfeeding).

I'm currently taking a lactation support class (taught by RN and IBCLC Gini Baker, who trains many doctors, nurses, doulas, teachers and other breastfeeding counselors / educators), and it has really opened my eyes to many of the points you make — including the possible relationship between fertility issues and breastfeeding issues (and between breast augmentation and breastfeeding issues).

According to Rebecca L. Mannel, director of lactation services at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, lactation consultants «are the only healthcare professional specifically trained to manage the full spectrum of breastfeeding, from prenatal to postpartum, from normal healthy moms and babies to complicated situations involving maternal risk factors or illness or infants born preterm or with some other health complication.»

Depending on the location, a mother may have access to lactation consultants or other trained health care workers, or not.

Since training as a bfing peer supporter and talking with other breastfeeding mothers and a lactation consultant, I have become incredibly aware of the pervasiveness of bottle imagery.

The online course offers evidence - based content for nurses, dietitians and other healthcare professionals who want comprehensive training in breastfeeding and lactation management.

It looks in detail at the training of all health professionals who interact with mothers and babies — midwives, health visitors, GPs, paediatricians, lactation consultants and others — both before and after they qualify in their profession.

CLE: Certified Lactation Educator (Someone who is trained in teaching breastfeeding topics to others)

It simply means that they have had hands - on, supervised training (in a variety of settings), have successfully pursued appropriate education, have demonstrated their knowledge to a certifying body, have agreed to operating within a defined scope of practice as defined by their professional association, and have committed to on - going efforts to remain abreast of current evidence specific to the burgeoning field of lactation... just like every other healthcare profession within the medical model.

Encourage hospitals to take preventive steps in implementing things such as: (1) protected sleep times (to reduce the sleep interruption and insomnia surrounding birth), (2) include overview of maternal mental health disorders including symptoms, triggers and risk factors, and area treatment programs in birth class curriculum, and handouts to mothers when registering (3) training of hospital staff that interact with new mothers including MDs, lactation consultants, nurses and others and (4) providing new mom and baby classes for mothers postpartum including exercise and walking classes, which can help mothers increase social support and reduce anxiety related to baby care, and more.