Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Through Bestfed Beginnings Bonnie Teuteberg, RN HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay, WI

How Did We Get To This Point Best Fed Beginnings is a project of the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in close partnership with Baby-Friendly USA Made aware grant offered to assist hospitals to pursue Baby Friendly designation   20,000 hospitals accredited world wide but only 200 hospitals accredited in USA Team was quickly assembled, submitted application, awarded the grant and work began immediately

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative at St. Vincent Team includes: administrative leader department leader lactation staff midwife peds and OB providers nursing educator clinic leadership staff nurses mother advocate

How Do We Achieve Baby Friendly Status? NICHQ - Change managers Utilize proven techniques to achieve successful healthcare change Hospital accountable to implement the specific steps with help through regional learning sessions – consult experienced places Webinars – use on-line resources, steal shamelessly ilab where stats shown – keep data and keep it up to date group sharing –update key groups, keep team on track

How Do We Achieve Baby Friendly Status? NICHQ - Change managers

Still working on rooming-in, exams in room The 10 Steps Use the Guidelines and Evaluation for Baby Friendly Designation Really 64 steps Sounds simple but very difficult Requires change in culture, attitude and work flow Significant training for nurses and providers Have fun with roll outs and accomplishments Done in collaboration with clinic providers and colleagues Actual survey with 2 nurses over 2 days Interview nurses, providers, mothers, review records Pop quizzes, BF review with answers Still working on rooming-in, exams in room

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