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<p>The provision of breast milk and breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants. Multidisciplinary cooperation is required to promote breastfeeding. Nurses play important roles in breastfeeding preterm infants. First, nurses are strong advocates to help families be aware of the significance of breastfeeding. Second, nurses are educators providing technical and emotional support to pregnant and lying-in women. Third, nurses are coordinators in a multidisciplinary team. Nurses’ unawareness of the importance of breastfeeding, knowledge deficit, and unsupportive lactation policy are barriers to breastfeeding promotion for preterm infants. It is therefore suggested that hospital administrators provide appropriate breastfeeding policies, set up posts, and ensure nurses’ responsibilities in breastfeeding. Additionally, tailored training should be strengthened to improve nurses’ knowledge and skills and thereby enable them to fully exert their roles in the breastfeeding promotion of preterm infants.</p>
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The provision of breast milk and breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants. Multidisciplinary cooperation is required to promote breastfeeding. Nurses play important roles in breastfeeding preterm infants. First, nurses are strong advocates to help families be aware of the significance of breastfeeding. Second, nurses are educators providing technical and emotional support to pregnant and lying-in women. Third, nurses are coordinators in a multidisciplinary team. Nurses’ unawareness of the importance of breastfeeding, knowledge deficit, and unsupportive lactation policy are barriers to breastfeeding promotion for preterm infants. It is therefore suggested that hospital administrators provide appropriate breastfeeding policies, set up posts, and ensure nurses’ responsibilities in breastfeeding. Additionally, tailored training should be strengthened to improve nurses’ knowledge and skills and thereby enable them to fully exert their roles in the breastfeeding promotion of preterm infants.

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Frontiers of Nursing

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Enhancing the role of nurses in breastfeeding preterm infants

The provision of breast milk and breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants. Multidisciplinary cooperation is required to promote breastfeeding. Nurses...

Enhancing the role of nurses in breastfeeding preterm infants^†

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 255 - 260

Received: Nov 10, 2022

Accepted: Apr 11, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0029

Keywords
breastfeeding, nurses, preterm infants, review, role

© 2023 Yuan-Yuan Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Enhancing the role of nurses in breastfeeding preterm infants†

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 255 - 260

Received: Nov 10, 2022

Accepted: Apr 11, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0029

Keywordsbreastfeeding, nurses, preterm infants, review, role

© 2023 Yuan-Yuan Yang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Enhancing the role of nurses in breastfeeding preterm infants^†

Keywords
breastfeeding, nurses, preterm infants, review, role