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JOGNN-JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC GYNECOLOGIC AND NEONATAL NURSING
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 367-372Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1177/0884217505276157
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American Academy of Pediatrics; breastfeeding; nursing role; policy; rickets; vitamin D
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For infants and children, vitamin D deficiency causes a bone-deforming disease known as rickets. As breastfeeding rates have increased, so have the incidences of rickets. The current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics, to supplement all breastfed infants with vitamin D, is controversial. The role of the nurse is to understand the vitamin D dilemma, promote breastfeeding, and prevent vitamin D deficiency rickets.
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