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Caritas Consortium 2014

Creating a caring environment for Lactating Mothers

Honoring Health, Healing & Wholeness

Creating a caring environment for Lactating Mothers

Intent to Contribute Statement:

Vision to create a lactation room of beauty and peace that generates feelings of well-being, healing and

meditation for working mothers in the hospital.

I am instituting Process #8 by creating a non sterile environment for new mothers to lactate. We have a

designated room which has been painted in soothing colors, a couch and 2 rockers. My intention is to create a

warm, homey room to allow the relaxation of the mother, decrease any pain and encourage bonding with the

baby. I am creating art for the area, I will be upgrading the decorating. I will place journals so that the Moms can

express their feelings.

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Inspired Contributor(s) : Angela D Simms

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Service Area: Diablo

Medical Center: WCR

Affiliation: PCS

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Year Shared: 2014

Venue: Caritas Consortium

Format: Poster

ID #: H15

Keyword TAGs: Identifier

Consortium2014-June, Diablo, Walnut Creek, Poster, Patient Care Services, Maternal Child Health

Healing Environments

Descriptor Healing Lounge

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