Welcome to the Medela University

This course discusses the value of human milk for both term and premature infants and the importance of mother’s own milk (MOM) vs donor human milk (DHM) especially for the vulnerable infant population. It focuses on the importance of initiating, building, and maintaining sufficient volumes of MOM.  This is an effort to reduce economic impact as well as concerns with DHM use, which will also be reviewed. Education and support for the clinical professional as well as for the family will be offered.   This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692.   Presenters Jenny Murray, BSN, RN, IBCLC began her career over 20 years ago as a neonatal nurse in neonatal intensive care. She has since served in a variety of nursing leadership roles within the NICU. Her experience in those roles has driven her love for education and research, especially educating and supporting clinicians in the advancing, innovative world of neonatology. Jenny currently works as a Clinical NICU Specialist for Medela LLC.   Angela Groshner, MSN, RN, CCRN, CBC began her career 11 years ago in neonatal intensive care. She has been a neonatal nurse for the past 9 years and has served in nursing leadership roles within the NICU. Angela also provided community nursing for low income pregnant women, and children birth to three years, if effort to promote healthy prenatal outcomes and improve the development of young children. Her experience in those roles has driven her love for improving clinical practice and educating clinicians, especially as it relates to advancements in practice and outcomes in the neonatal population.  Angela currently works as a Clinical NICU Specialist for Medela LLC. Read more

This course will briefly review the biology of early lactation, the evidence and feasibility behind measures and biomarkers of lactation success, and explore how biomarkers might be utilized clinically to improve lactation outcomes.   This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP 13692.   Presenter Rebecca Hoban MD, MPH Dr. Rebecca Hoban is a staff neonatologist and the Director of Breastfeeding Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (“SickKids”) in Toronto, and an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hoban graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, a neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Tufts University, and a MPH at Harvard before joining the neonatology and human milk research team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Hoban joined SickKids in 2017 as neonatology staff, with a focus on human milk. Current projects include improving mother’s milk provision in the NICU, milk biomarkers to predict lactation success, inflammatory markers in human milk, and fresh milk as potential stem cell therapy in premature infants with intraventricular hemorrhage. Read more

This course provides instructions for proper clinical use of Medela enteral feeding tubes, extension sets, and syringes utilizing the proprietary TwistLok® connector system. Read more

This course informs on the safety concerns expressed by The Joint Commission and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) regarding enteral feeding adverse events. Additionally, the participant is taught the features of the Medela Enteral Feeding Pump that are important in a neonatal intensive care setting and gain an understanding on set up and use. Read more

This course provides instructions for proper clinical use of Medela enteral feeding tubes, extension sets, and syringes utilizing the ENFit® connector system. Read more

This webinar will discuss evidenced based strategies for those at risk for suboptimal milk production. Strategies will include early onset and effective use of initiation technology with stress management techniques to optimize initiation and maintenance of maternal milk supply. Both being significant as families already at risk for suboptimal milk production cope with additional stressors stemming from the psychosocial and socioeconomic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 Darlene Silver MSN, RN, IBCLC Darlene Silver is a native of Perth Amboy, New Jersey and currently resides in Upper Marlboro, MD. For over 30 years, Darlene’s career has primarily focused on the care of women, infants and children, as well as nursing education with a commitment to working in underserved communities. She currently works as the lead lactation consultant in the Women’s Services Department at the George Washington University Hospital. She provides direct patient care. She also educates newly hired nurses, lactation consultant interns and medical students on the care and management of breastfeeding dyads and human lactation. In addition, she participates in multidisciplinary committees and workgroups to revise and develop evidence-based protocols and policies. Darlene has served on the Board of Directors for three non-profit organizations. Two focusing on increasing the number of students from underserved communities to pursue careers in nursing, medicine, healthcare and STEM professions, and one providing community based residential care and services to individuals and families with long-term mental health challenges in Prince George’s County. She fervently believes in community service and regularly volunteers in community based activities sponsored by local, state and national organizations dedicated to health and wellness. Read more