Breastfeeding Mothers: A Case Study

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Studies demonstrate that breastfeeding provides the best start in life for a newborn with advantages to both mothers and infants; however; despite this knowledge, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), HealthyPeople.gov (n.d.) reports of the 79.2% of women who start out breastfeeding their newborn in the hospital, only 18.8% are exclusively breastfeeding by six months. The purpose of this paper is to identify barriers for breastfeeding mothers, analyze the process and criteria used for an evidence-based nursing practice using telehealth technology to increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed, explain the importance of effective scholarship and evidence-based information, and discuss implementation of telehealth …show more content…

The Stetler model would be more appropriate to develop policies that would increase public awareness of breastfeeding, whereas the Iowa Model would be best suited to implement telehealth technology to increase the proportion of infants breastfed by six months of …show more content…

Strategies necessary to implement evidence-based practice will have to focus on early education for breastfeeding awareness and continued support following discharge from the hospital, as breastfeeding may not be well established. Telehealth technology can be used for this population to promote education and confidence with increased benefits to those in rural and underserved populations while controlling costs, which in turn will encourage exclusive breastfeeding longer (Hall & McGraw, 2014). As technology advances increase, nurses will need to stay up to date with the latest technology and understand the usage to better assist the consumer. Ethical standards to incorporate this telehealth technology would have to include a focus on privacy. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law to protect one’s privacy; however, current laws do not adequately cover the telehealth environment (Hall & McGraw, 2014). Increased privacy and security protections may have to be enacted from policy makers with better data encryption to ensure trust for both the consumer and the provider that personal information will remain private and

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