英文摘要 |
According to United Nations Children's Fund, the average breastfeeding rate lasting for six months was 37% in 2009. In the postpartum unit where author worked, the breastfeeding rate for one-month was 68.46%, for two-month was 53%, and for six-month significantly dropped to 19.23%. The factors causing failure of exclusive breastfeeding for six months included insufficient breast milk, delayed treating breast engorgement, and having no time for regular pumping at work. Moreover, only 70.4% of nurses had adequate knowledge and skills about breastfeeding and were able to handle the clinical scenario that breastfeeding women encountered. The improvement measures included revising the nursing standard for breastfeeding, producing breastfeeding CDs and patient education booklets, and offering breastfeeding shawls. The exclusive breastfeeding rate lasting for six months increased to 31.2%. The nurses' knowledge and skills about breastfeeding increased to 89%. These results suggest that use of multimedia CDs and education booklets to ease breastfeeding women's doubts can increase the breastfeeding rate. |