Susan Landers, MD, Physician and Author of So Many Babies

The Book

So Many Babies follows Dr. Landers’ journey as a physician and mother.

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The Author

Dr. Landers is a neonatologist, physician, speaker, educator, and author.

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The Speaker

Dr. Landers speaks about methods to identify, treat, and prevent physician burnout

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Resources

AAP policy & reports, ABM protocols, Zero to Three handouts, & more

A Parents’ Guide for Care of Late Preterm Infants

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May 26

We lost that little boy in the Emergency Department in Uvalde.
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They brought him in with a gun shot wound to the chest, bleeding badly.
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His chest was blown to pieces, and he was very close to death when he arrived.
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We all tried, but there was nothing we could do.
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That little boy went to elementary school and was blown away by an 18 year old with an assault rifle.
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A teenager should not be able to buy an assault rifle, or high capacity magazines.
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Assault rifles should be banned. They are weapons of war, intended purely to kill other humans.
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Why does this country love our guns more than we love our children?
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We regulate car seats, seat belts, infant cribs, bike helmets, and many other things that may hurt children.
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Why can’t we regulate our guns??

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May 25

Guns kill children more than other causes. Data from 1999 to 2020.

When will this country stop loving their guns more than their children?

New England Journal of Medicine May 19, 2022
N Engl J Med 2022; 386:1955-1956
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2201761

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May 24

Women Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, & Nurse Managers are influenced greatly by their:

👉🏻Skills utilization,
👉🏻Decision making authority,
👉🏻Psychological demands of their job,
👉🏻Physical demands of their job,
👉🏻Support from colleagues,
👉🏻Recognition of their work by others,
👉🏻Career perspectives,

Women Physicians, Nurse practitioners, & Nurse managers tend to BURNOUT more often because they:

➡️ Provide emotional support to others,
➡️ Check-in on their co-workers' emotional well-being,
➡️ Make sure their co-workers' workload is manageable,
➡️ Help navigate their team's work-life challenges,
➡️ Help decrease burnout among their co-workers.

These women tend to be more perfectionistic, have high expectations of themselves, & lack self-compassion. They tend to take/find no leisure time, lack external supports, & practice very little self-care.

Please see https://susanlandersmd.com/BURNOUT
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May 23

The best lessons…

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May 20

Finding Formula during the infant formula shortage

Connect with Community Resources:
Locate your nearest Community Action Agency (CAA). Your neighborhood CAA may be able to provide you with formula or connect you with local agencies that have some formula.

Call 211: United Way’s 2-1-1 connects you to a community resource specialist affiliated with United Way who may be able to help you find food pantries and other charitable sources of local infant formula and baby food.

Find an accredited milk bank through the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) that distributes donated breast milk to mothers in need. Please note that some may require a prescription from a medical professional.

For WIC-Eligible Families:
Contact your local WIC office to identify or obtain additional sources of infant formula nearby.

Guidance for Parents and Caretakers
Call your OBGYN or pediatrician to see if they have in-office samples or can suggest a similar formula that may be more readily available in stores and is nutritionally similar to your infant’s typical formula.

Do not water down formula, try to make formula at home, or use toddler formula to feed infants.

Do not discard formula unless it is expired or is part of the recall.

Check your formula’s lot code exit disclaimer icon to see whether or not it was affected by the recall.

Find more guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics
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May 19

Feeling overwhelmed....physically exhausted....unsure of why you are doing this?

Feeling troubled by what you are being asked/forced to do....just cannot stand the inadequate staffing any longer?

Feeling detached from your patients and isolating yourself from your colleagues?

Wondering why you continue to do this....you thought it would feel better.

You don't feel like you are making a difference anymore.

You might be feeling BURNOUT.

Lots of us end up feeling this way. It's not your fault!

It is caused by improperly managed chronic stress, stress from an unrelenting workplace.

It's caused by moral distress with you in the middle.

You can heal from burnout. You do not have to quit.

Recovery will take some (personal) work, a better schedule for you, and a proper staffing ratio.

Please use my checklist for overstressed working mothers. It will give you a sense of how bad it is for you right now.

Go to https://susanlandersmd.com/BURNOUT
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