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We aimed to investigate the nutrition and growth outcomes after employment of a nutrition nurse in our level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective cohort study including preterm neonates &lt; 34 weeks and &lt; 2000 g were conducted. Nutrition and growth outcomes of infants in pre\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse and post\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse periods were compared. Primary outcome was presence of postnatal growth retardation (PGR) at term\u2010equivalent age (body weight &lt; 10 percentile at 40 weeks postmenstrual age).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Infants in pre\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse (n = 38) and post\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse (n = 40) periods were similar with regard to gestational age, birth weight, gender, and perinatal characteristics. The initiation of parenteral nutrition after admission to NICU (30.8 \u00b1 24.1 vs 6.7 \u00b1 7.6 hours, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0,001) and attainment of full enteral feedings (27.3 \u00b118.1 vs 18.7 \u00b1 11.3 days, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.034) were earlier in post\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse period. First feeds were more commonly started with breast milk (29% vs 75%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001); breastfeeding was more common at discharge (79% vs 95%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.045) and longer in duration (6.1 \u00b1 7.3 vs 8.4 \u00b1 6.3 months, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.008) in post\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse period. Primary outcome PGR at term\u2010equivalent age was lower in post\u2013nutrition\u2010nurse period (57.9% vs 27.5%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.007).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Employing a nutrition nurse improved quality of nutrition support, increased breastfeeding, and decreased PGR in preterm neonates. 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