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[ID] 178 [Interest Areas] Community Organizer Concerned Citizen Nonprofit Organization [Comment] When there is little to no mention of breastfeeding in the curriculum for becoming an RN, one wonders how the nurses are going to be informed and knowledgeable on the subject of breastfeeding. Hospitals are looking for profit, and breastfeeding is not profitable, formula is. They will be beholding to those who give them money (big formula companies do this) and they will be more willing to send home formula samples, coupons, etc. When breastfeeding becomes a required topic in the courses for becoming an RN or a doctor, then we will see a marked improvement in breastfeeding rates. When doctors give free well baby visits to those who are breastfeeding exclusively, that will increase the rates, too! I knew a doctor who did this in southern California many years ago... [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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