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, Summary:
Infant nutrition is critical to optimal
growth and development. Essential
nursing knowledge includes infant
nutritional needs, composition of
human milk and formula, and factors
related to feeding method choice
and implementation. Human milk
composition is unique in that it
dynamically changes to meet the
evolving nutritional and immunologic
needs of infants. The standard
caloric content of infant formula is
20 kcal/oz, and it has a similar
composition of vitamins, minerals,
proteins, carbohydrates, and amino
acids as breast milk. Breastfeeding is
considered the gold standard; breast
milk has clear nutritional and
immunologic advantages over
formula. However, choosing an infant
feeding method is highly
individualized and often
multifactorial. Frequency and length
of feedings will vary based on the
newborn's age, weight, stomach
capacity, and method of feeding.
Nurses need to understand feeding
readiness cue