Nursing Interventions and Education

• Nursing interventions and education are aimed at supporting and promoting optimal nutrition for mothers and infants

• Nursing interventions and education include:

  • Assessing the nutritional status, feeding practices, and growth patterns of mothers and infants

  • Providing individualized counseling and guidance on breastfeeding or formula feeding, based on the mother’s preferences, needs, and challenges

  • Teaching mothers how to initiate and maintain breastfeeding or formula feeding, including proper positioning, attachment, expression, storage, and hygiene

  • Helping mothers overcome common breastfeeding problems, such as sore nipples, engorgement, mastitis, low milk supply, or inverted nipples

  • Encouraging mothers to feed their infants on cue, following their hunger and satiety signals

  • Educating mothers on the signs of adequate hydration, weight gain, growth, and development in infants

  • Advising mothers on the appropriate timing and types of complementary foods and drinks to introduce to infants after six months of age

  • Promoting exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond

  • Supporting mothers to continue breastfeeding or formula feeding when they return to work or school

  • Referring mothers and infants to specialized care when needed for severe diseases or complications

  • Advocating for the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding in health facilities, workplaces, and communities