title: Do workplace policies influence a woman's decision to breastfeed?
abstract: This literature review addresses workplace breastfeeding policies in the United States. Breastfeeding yields many important benefits to both mother and infants, yet workplace barriers contribute to low rates of breastfeeding. NPs often serve as the initial point of education for new mothers and may impact decisions to breastfeed.
authors.affiliation: Rhonda Winegar is an NP at Austin Neurology & Sleep Associates, Austin, Tex. Alisha Johnson is a clinical assistant professor at St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University, Round Rock, Tex.
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winegar
authors.forename: Alisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration*