BIBFRAME Work

Title

Counseling nursing families : a lactation consultant's guide

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Chamberlain, Kristina (author)
• Lauwers, Judith (author)
• Wagner, Jennie (Jennie M.) (author)
• Edwards, Rosann, 1975- (author)

Subject

• Counseling--methods (MESH)
• Breast Feeding (MESH)
• Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena (MESH)
• Lactation--physiology (MESH)
• HEALTH & FITNESS / Breastfeeding (BISACSH)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• LCC: RJ216 .L354 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• NLM: WS 125 (Assigner: dnlm) (Status: used by assigner)
• HEA044000
• DDC: 649/.33 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Counseling Nursing Families remains unique among lactation texts in its focus on counseling and communication skills. It provides an appreciation of the significance of counseling techniques and how the lactation consultant's style and approach can enhance interactions with families, and thus effectiveness. Topics are presented within a counseling framework with a focus on diversity and inclusivity, and practical suggestions and evidence-based information interwoven throughout the text"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Lactation Advocacy in the Modern World -- Interdisciplinary Lactation Care -- Sociological Perspective on Lactation Support -- Empowering Parents to Nurse -- Communication and Counseling Skills -- Client Consultations -- Lactation Anatomy and Physiology -- Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation -- Health Factors in Lactation -- Use of Infant Formula -- Substances in Human Milk -- Prenatal Considerations -- Hospital Practices That Support Lactation -- Infant Assessment and Development -- Getting Nursing Started -- Infant Latch and Sucking -- Nursing in the Early Weeks Postpartum -- Nursing Beyond the First Month -- Problems with Milk Production and Transfer -- Family Dynamics in Lactation -- Special Counseling Circumstances -- Nursing Techniques and Tools -- Temporary Nursing Situations -- High-Risk Infants -- When Nursing Is Interrupted -- Long-Term Maternal Condition -- Long-Term Infant Conditions -- Professional Considerations -- Critical Reading and Review of Research -- Improving the Lactation Landscape.

Authorized Access Point

Lauwers, Judith. Counseling nursing families : a lactation consultant's guide

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:19:33.344859+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23965372

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• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
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