Illustrated Breastfeeding Guide is available in two editions.
The professional edition is for health care professionals to use for prenatal, patient, and staff education. It is in Power Point and PDF formats. The Power Point presentation was written in Microsoft 2003 Office Professional Edition, so any computer with power point 97 or later can enjoy the full use of the program which includes being able to use only the slides which your target audience needs. Any computer without power Point 97 can download a free power point viewer from Microsoft’s website. The slides in that case can not be rearranged, however I have included a long and short class version of the Guide on the professional edition. Also included is a full set of slides in black and white to use for handouts. The Illustrated Breastfeeding Guide answers many of the educational needs of lactation consultants, prenatal educators and nurse educators. It answers the need for a comprehensive, organized, correct breastfeeding class presentation, class handouts, self-learning modules for staff and new families, discharge handouts, posters, individual teaching tool, and so much more. The Guide is easily tailored to meet you needs, with you in control of what is presented.
This is how I use the guide at the hospital where I am a practicing lactation consultant. We use the picture that is on the first slide in an advertisement for the breastfeeding class. I use certain slides for the class and print handouts with these slides for my participants to take home and study. I have made color, full page copies of some of the key slides and put them in a binder to use in individual teaching at the bedside (slides such as the “scoop on poop” and “latch anatomy” ). If the new family did not take the breastfeeding class, they can review a self-learning module from the guide. At discharge, we give the new family a breastfeeding book made from slides from the guide that are appropriate for discharge. These are different ones than the ones used for prenatal class. Then we use one of the pictures from the guide to advertise our support group. All this is done easily and inexpensively, but conveys to the patients an organized, consistent teaching method. The nurses caring for the new family have also attended a class using the guide or have viewed the self-learning module. This helps with consistent information from the health care team.
