Lacation Education Resources Clinical Counseling Protocols

Protocols help you record your consults with ease. The 21 protocols in this series are designed to guide the professional in counseling mothers with breastfeedingproblems and to facilitate documentation of a consultation. Also a great learning tool for the novice!

Reviewed and revised in 2010 to reflect the new information on skin to skin contact and baby led latching.

Bonus! Includes 10 handouts.

What Lactation Consultants are saying about the Counseling Protocols

Thank you for saving me the time to write these. And, better than I would have! This is just great.
H.M., Morristown, NJ

I have researched endlessly for the best protocols, templates, and any organizational information regarding my lactation practice and by far the best lactation tools I have found are the ones that Vergie (LER) has available to buy for $95. This tool kit is remarkable and fits my practice perfectly. The vast majority of my patients have complex issues with their babies or themselves, and the assessment tool covers just about everything I need, except for multiples. The coolest thing about these protocols is that you can add or delete anything you want:) I also appreciate how professional they are with appropriate language and the head to toe assessment that keeps one focused, especially when I am out in the home. One of the protocols includes a phone log, which is perfect. The package has over 40 protocols/handouts and she sends them to you via ZIP files. I really like to highlight the most impportant info, according to my patient needs. I thank Vergie and her team for making them available so that we don't have to struggle and reinvent the wheel. J S-D, Camp Hill, PA

Care Plans
   Engorgement
    Drugs in breastmilk
    Faulty latch-on
    Flat / inverted nipples
    Fussy
    Increasing milk supply
    Induced lactation
    Jaundice
    Maternal illness
    Plugged ducts / mastitis
    Nipple confusion
    Over-supply
    Premature infant
    Slow weight gain
    Thrush
    Sore nipples
    Storage of breastmilk
    Surgery while breastfeeding
    Vasospasm
    Weaning
    Working and nursing

Sample consent for consultation
Prenatal consultation
Assessments
    Maternal assessment
    Infant assessment
    Breastfeeding assessment

Handouts
    All Purpose Nipple Cream
   Alternative Feeding Methods
   Bottle Refusal
   Fussy Baby
   Increasing Your Breastmilk Supply
   Intake and Output Logs A&B
   Letdown MER
   Paced Bottle Feeding
   Positioning and Latch-on

Sample report letter to primary health care provider

These protocols may be duplicated onto your letter head or onto carbonized paper for easy-to-use multiple forms. They are available online in Microsoft Word so you can customize them as you wish. They come as a zipped file which requires Winzip or other file compression/decompression program like Winrar to expand them. If you cannot unzip the file, just send us an email at administrator@leron-line.com and we will send you an executable zip file which will expand when you click on it to a folder on your desktop. We accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express or Paypal.