Postpartum Journal of Nursing

Sustained Breastfeeding, When Possible: Nursing-Driven, Team-Based Care and Maternal–Infant Outcomes

Sustained Breastfeeding, When Possible: Nursing-Driven, Team-Based Care and Maternal–Infant Outcomes

Tags: assessment behavioral breastfeeding care clinical counseling health postpartum risk support

Sustaining exclusive breastfeeding requires more than early initiation. Nurses can improve duration by using a consistent definition, assessing milk transfer at the bedside, framing supplementation with a plan to protect supply, offering nonjudgmental counseling, and arranging timely follow-up.

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Submitted by Zeena Nackerdien, PhD
Sheehan Syndrome: What every woman should know

Sheehan Syndrome: What every woman should know

Tags: hemorrhage morbidity pituitary postpartum pregnancy Sheehan Syndrome women womens disease

Sheehan Syndrome (SS) is associated with postpartum decreased functioning of the pituitary. Severe postpartum hemorrhage results in decreased blood supply to the pituitary leading to necrosis. The process leads to hypopituitarism, and subsequent decreased pituitary hormones. Deficiency of pituitary hormones manifest in a host of disorders which can cause high morbidity in women or even death.

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Submitted by Josephine Kamera RN, EdD
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