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The Guardian Warmer, an external heating device to warm enteral feedings for hospitalized infants, is designed to increase infant feeding tolerance while reducing the risks of associated with water bath milk warming. This program reviews the evidence supporting warmed feeds for low birth weight infants and provides step-by-step instructions for use and cleaning.     An overall score of 70% or higher is required to receive credit for this course. Quiz may be taken more than once for an improved score. A certificate will be available after the completion of the course evaluation. This in-service training doesn't provide contining education credits. Read more

This course provides instructions for proper clinical use of Medela Gravifeed® Syringes for venting and gravity feeding. Read more

This course is a product In-Service of the Medela BabyWeigh™ II Scale. It provides a basic understanding of test weighing and how to use and clean the scale. Read more

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, an internationally known expert on human milk and lactation present evidence-based strategies to address suboptimal lactation issues related to maternal risk factors. Dr. Spatz's stirring presentation will inspire you to implement practice changes that impact maternal lactation outcomes. The quiz may be taken more than once for an improved score. You will be required to complete an evaluation at the end of this course. A certificate will be available after the completion of the course evaluation.   This program has been approved for 1.5 contact hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692.   Presenter Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN Diane Spatz is a Professor of Perinatal Nursing & the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing sharing a joint appointment as a nurse researcher and director of the lactation program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the clinical coordinator of the CHOP Mothers’ Milk Bank. Read more

This session will explore the provision of human milk and or breast/chest feeding. The presenter will share current research on same sex mothers and their lactation experiences. In addition, informal milk sharing will be presented for those families who do not have the capacity to produce human milk. This course contains three separate lessons, with a short quiz at the end of each lesson. Quizzes may be taken more than once for an improved score. You will be required to complete an evaluation at the end of this course. A certificate will be available after the completion of the course evaluation.   This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692.   Presenter Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN Diane Spatz is a Professor of Perinatal Nursing & the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing sharing a joint appointment as a nurse researcher and director of the lactation program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the clinical coordinator of the CHOP Mothers’ Milk Bank. Read more

Produced by Paula P. Meier, RN, PhD., this 1.5 hour class provides the evidence supporting The Joint Commission’s Core Perinatal Measure for exclusive breast milk feeding in the hospital. Topics will focus on arming clinicians with research-based updates on the protective qualities of colostrum, the physiology of establishing adequate maternal milk volumes, uniquely human infant sucking patterns, risks of supplementation with formula and risks associated with pacifier usage. This course contains three separate lessons, with a short quiz at the end of each lesson. Quizzes may be taken more than once for an improved score. You will be required to complete an evaluation at the end of this course. A certificate will be available after the completion of the course evaluation.   This program has been approved for 1.5 contact hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692.   Presenter Prof. Paula Meier, PhD, RN Paula Meier, PhD, RN, is a Professor of Paediatrics and Nursing at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Meier has worked as a practitioner, researcher, and educator in the area of human milk, lactation and breastfeeding for premature infants and their mothers since 1975. Dr. Meier's lifetime research focus has been on the improvement of initiation and maintenance of lactation in breast pump-dependent mothers of NICU infants, and in the development and testing of clinical techniques to optimize the impact of human milk on health and cost outcomes in NICU infants. Read more