title: An interprofessional quality improvement project to implement maternal/infant skin-to-skin contact during cesarean delivery.
abstract: Immediate skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn has been associated with successful breastfeeding outcomes. One of the challenges nurses face in promoting skin-to-skin occurs in the operating room during a cesarean delivery. Utilizing an interprofessional approach for this quality improvement project, we successfully implemented skin-to-skin contact for all eligible mother/infant couplets after cesarean birth. Exclusive breastfeeding rates for these women increased as a result.
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Brady
authors: Denise
authors: D
authors: Bulpitt
authors: Caren
authors: C
authors: Chiarelli
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009769:Object Attachment; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013997:Time Factors; D014110:Touch
keywords: Baby-Friendly; cesarean delivery; exclusive breastfeeding; interprofessional; perinatal core measures; skin-to-skin contact