AWHONN Insights Podcast: The Importance of Human Milk for Neonates

In honor of National Breastfeeding Month and Black Breastfeeding Week, we’ll be discussing the importance of human milk for neonates with Dr. Diane Spatz, Dr. Jill Demirci, and Karen Fugate. We’ll also touch on the ways COVID-19 has impacted breastfeeding practices in the NICU, and review strategies that nurses can implement at their institutions to promote breastfeeding initiation in the NICU and continuation after discharge. This episode is sponsored by our generous partners at Prolacta Bioscience.

Meet our guests:

Co-host, Dr. Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

Dr. Jill Demirci, PHD, RN, IBCLC

Karen Fugate, BSN, RNC‐NIC, CPHQ

Sponsorship for this episode was provided by Prolacta Bioscience.