[Solved]: Respond to this post: A nursing practice problem of…

Respond to this post: A nursing practice problem of interest I have is early skin to skin with mothers and infants. It is a common practice in a lot of hospitals to separate mom and baby right after birth. The infant will get wiped down and wrapped right after birth then placed into their mother’s arms or they will be placed in a crib or under a warmer. Skin to skin contact should begin right after birth and last until the end of the first breastfeed. (Moore et al, 2016) PICOT question: In new babies, how does early skin to skin contact with their mothers, compared to no immediate skin to skin contact with their mothers affect their ability to breastfeed. The quantitative article shows the difference between women that do direct skin to skin contact shortly after birth and women who do standard contact shortly after birth. Women who practice immediate skin to skin are more likely to exclusively breast feed from hospital discharge to one month post birth. It also shows that in the women that do immediate skin to skin there are higher scores for breastfeeding effectiveness and the infants are more likely to breastfeed successfully during their first feed if they have immediate skin to skin contact. (Moore et al, 2016) The qualitative article shows that mother infant relationship as well as the maternal psychology feelings benefit from skin to skin contact. The study found that women who had skin to skin contact after the baby was born were distracted from the pain and made their experience more positive. It also helped the mother get a lactation signal in her body while doing immediate skin to skin which helped the mother have more confidence in breastfeeding.