A nurse is completing a home visit of a new mother who is breast-feeding her infant. Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide during this visit?

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Community nurses who are caring for breast-feeding mothers should stress the following tips to increase the duration of this activity: drink 1 quart of fluids daily to produce sufficient quantity of breast milk; consume 300 to 400 kcal/day above pre-pregnancy energy intake to avoid excessive weight loss; learn the appropriate interventions for engorged breasts, sore nipples, plugged ducts, infection, and leaking; learn about the use of breast pumps and milk storage; join breast-feeding support groups for continued help within the community; learn about the effects of drugs, environmental pollutants, alcohol, and nicotine on breast milk. The use of formula and pacifiers should be discouraged with new infants who are breast-feeding.

A Nurse Is Completing a Home Visit of a New