Hila J. Spear

Hila J. Spear, RN, PhD, IBCLC, has been a nurse since 1975 and is a professor and director of graduate nursing education at Liberty University. Her research focus is women's health with an emphasis on adolescence and pregnancy. She maintains clinical practice as a lactation consultant at Virginia Baptist Hospital.

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Once she was transferred to the postpartum unit, Lori found that most of the nurses were kind, friendly and generally supportive of her desire to exclusively breastfeed her baby. A few of her observations and experiences, however, revealed that some nurses were not so encouraging of breastfeeding. Read more…. You Sure Can Tell

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