title: Breastfeeding education for early discharge: a three-tiered approach.
abstract: Discharge teaching has presented many challenges since 48-hour stays have become routine for uncomplicated obstetric patients and their term infants. Sleepy infants, lack of maternal psychologic readiness, and lack of a full milk supply may frustrate efforts to teach breastfeeding during this limited time frame. The key is to develop a three-tiered teaching approach that includes affective, psychomotor, and cognitive learning during the antepartum, immediate postpartum, and long-term postpartum course. This approach focuses on: (1) the mother's critical concerns and the infant's critical biologic needs during breastfeeding initiation and (2) a collaborative approach that enhances the overall success of breastfeeding continuation.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biancuzzo
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007774:Lactation; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*