Congenital Heart Disease & Lactation

Pittsburgh, PA US
February 16, 2023

This course was designed because there is an increased volume of new nurses with limited cardiac lactation experience who need education and understanding of the feeding and growing of cardiac neonates.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Nurse Practitioners 

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • identify regulations for using oral care with maternal breast milk in the neonatal/pediatric cardiac population. 
  • identify process for utilization of donor milk and milk enhancements
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/16/2023
Course expires: 
03/02/2023
Event starts: 
02/16/2023 - 7:00am EST
Event ends: 
02/16/2023 - 8:00am EST
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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States

Nicollette Seifert BSN, RN, CPN, IBCLC

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour(s).

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.  

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
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