Principle Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provides competent and compassionate nursing care by utilizing the nursing process; as evidenced by assessing / reassessing the patient’s needs, developing, implementing, and evaluating an individualized lactation plan of care

2. Performs thorough admission assessment / reassessments in accordance with policy

3. Identifies and develops an individualized lactation plan of care and modifies the plan with changes in the patient’s condition

4. Identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs throughout the hospitalization

5.Identifies discharge planning needs of patient/family/significant other on initial assessment and throughout the hospitalization

6. Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided, to ensure quality care and the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.

7. Lactation documentation/plan is accurate and complete

8. Demonstrates ability and utilizes the computer system as required for documentation; incident reporting and prompt acknowledgment of all orders.

9. Individualized discharge instructions / referrals are accurate and complete.

10. Demonstrates knowledge of hospital policies and procedures for medication administration.

11. Utilizes the eMAR system for expressed breast milk feeding; scanning all patient ID bracelets and all medications/expressed breast milk consistently

12. Demonstrates knowledge of common medications and use with breastfeeding

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

1. Must be a registered nurse who holds a valid RN license in Massachusetts

2. IBCLC certification required