title: Pump Early, Pump Often: A Continuous Quality Improvement Project.
abstract: Research demonstrates that although many mothers initiate pumping for their critically ill children, few women are successful at maintaining milk supply throughout their infants' entire hospital stay. At the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit (SDU) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we care for mothers who have critically ill infants born with complex cardiac and congenital anomalies. Human milk is viewed as a medical intervention at our institution. Therefore, nurses on the SDU wanted to ensure best practice in terms of pumping initiation. This article describes a continuous quality improvement project that ensured mothers pumped early and often. Childbirth educators can play a key role in preparing mothers who are anticipating an infant who will require hospitalization immediately post-birth.
authors.forename: Diane L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Spatz
authors.forename: Elizabeth B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Froh
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Houng
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brewster
authors.forename: Carey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olkkola
keywords: breastfeeding; continuous quality improvement (CQI); human milk; milk expression; pumping
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