Combining Breastfeeding and Employment: The Salient Beliefs of Nurses Working Shift Working in a Hospital

Abstract

The salient beliefs may prove to be a spring board for development of interventions aimed at increasing nurses' ability to combine breastfeeding and employment. Federal regulations support lactation continuance of women in the workforce [2] (U.S. Department of Labor, 2010). As evidence has reveal, it is good for the mother and good for the infant established by American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) [1] and Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2007) [3]. The advantages of continuation of breastfeeding are good for the businesses as well with higher productivity and less absenteeism for breastfeeding mothers [4,5]. This study nurses were given opportunity for pumping in a suitable location. Some groups of women in the workforce are not given legal rights for pumping. Going forward, this study may promote awareness and assist other mothers who are not covered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.