title: Nursing diagnosis and obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing: breastfeeding as an example.
abstract: Nursing diagnosis is steadily gaining acceptance as the tool to use to communicate nursing's contribution to health care. Historically, however, obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal (OGN) nurses have had difficulty applying the primarily problem-based diagnoses to a primarily well population. Two nursing diagnoses addressing breastfeeding have been accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association. The development and use of these diagnoses are discussed in this article. In addition, OGN nurses are challenged to develop other diagnoses that work within the OGN specialties.
authors.affiliation: Maternal-Child Health Service, Salem Hospital, OR 97309-5014.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henrikson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lethbridge
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: McClurg
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D012956:Societies, Nursing