An Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project to Implement Maternal/Infant Skin‐to‐Skin Contact During Cesarean Delivery

Immediate skin‐to‐skin contact between a mother and her newborn has been associated with successful breastfeeding outcomes. One of the challenges nurses face in promoting skin‐to‐skin occurs in the operating room during a cesarean delivery. Utilizing an interprofessional approach for this quality improvement project, we successfully implemented skin‐to‐skin contact for all eligible mother/infant couplets after cesarean birth. Exclusive breastfeeding rates for these women increased as a result.