Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the use of nursing shawls on breastfeeding outside the home. Design: The sample population of this quasiexperimental control group study consisted of 62 lactating mothers whose infants were two months old at the time of sampling. Both the experimental group and the control group consisted of 31 subjects each. Data were collected through a survey questionnaire developed by the investigators after reviewing the literature. Following the collection of the pre-test data, nursing shawls were distributed to the mothers in the experimental group with the aim of facilitating convenient breastfeeding outside the home. Post-test data were collected one month later by telephoning the mothers in both groups. Findings: While 72.4% of the experimental group reported having nursed their infants outside, 82.1% of the control group reported not having done so. A statistically significant difference was found between the groups (p