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Parental Knowledge on Breastfeeding: Contributions to a Clinical Supervision Model in Nursing
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Abstract—Parental skills development in breastfeeding, not
only eases the bonding and the maintenance of the process, but
also, mirrors the excellence of nursing care. The study aims to
assess parental knowledge concerning breastfeeding, in order to
bring forth contributions for a clinical supervision model, which promotes the development of nursing skills.A quantitative and cross sectional study was conducted on a
non-probability sample consisting of 135 recent mothers. The
enquiry form applied allowed the assessment of parental skills
on breastfeeding and in determining the conditions for the
development of these skills. Most women (63%) provided
information on the benefits of breastfeeding, 75% of the
mothers did not show familiarity with strategies on how to
continue breastfeeding. The study pointed to the existence of
practices that impair the progress of acknowledgement on
breastfeeding and contribute to early withdrawal, such as:
delay in breastfeeding initiation, early introduction to infant
formula, lack of nurses’ guidance and support on breastfeeding,
during the post-partum period. Clinical supervision can be a
means for the development of nursing skills allowing a
widespread improvement of practices and rates (exclusivity and
duration) of breastfeeding, boosting parent’s capacity, security,
trust and satisfaction, which regards breastfeeding.
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Breastfeeding Clinical supervision Nursing care quality Parental skills
Citation
International Journal of Information and Education Technology 2015, 5(1), 10-13