Neonatal Nursing Fellowship Class- Metabolic and Nutrition

This program will help nurse fellows gain knowledge of nutritional needs, anticipate patients nutritional needs and communicate the needs to the interdisciplinary team

Target Audience

Nurse

Learning Objectives

Following this course, the nurse will be able to:

Discuss nursing care priorities related to common NICU procedures

Apply breastfeeding support techniques to a given case scenario

Describe the use of clinical feeding evaluations for NICU patients

Discuss the nutritional needs of preterm and term infants

Calculate GIR and apply it to case scenarios

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
Course opens: 
04/23/2021
Course expires: 
05/12/2021
UPMC: Children's Hospital of pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

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 5 contact hours.

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

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