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Poster Presentation Purpose for the Program To discuss strategies used by a large urban teaching institution to initiate and optimize the practice of skin‐to‐skin contact by the interdisciplinary care team. Proposed Change To implement a practice change that would increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate and overall breastfeeding rate during the inpatient stay. While staff were cognizant of the importance of skin‐to‐skin contact and the health benefits from exclusive breastfeeding, they still believed there would be issues with thermoregulation and glycemic control, even though this is not supported in the literature. Implementation, Outcomes, and Evaluation Through implementation of an extensive educational program for the staff, competency validation, and monitoring neonatal temperatures and glucose values, data demonstrated no issues of thermoregulation or glycemic control. In addition, the practice of skin‐to skin contact as a standard of care for all stable, healthy newborns increased the exclusive breastfeeding rate approximately 16%. Implications for Nursing Practice This positive effect on breastfeeding has created a positive impetus to move forward with the application to become a Baby Friendly hospital. |
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