Cardiac Education Series: Breastfeeding & Newborn Care
This course was designed to review cardiac specific and breastfeeding knowledge and education for staff
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Learning Objectives
After attending this event, the learner will be able to:
identify guidelines for breastmilk collection, storage, and use of per UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh policy RN-PTC235
apply cardiac specific knowledge of breast milk use and skin-to-skin to patient care on 7A CICU and in the CICU.
demonstrate use of hospital breast pump
identify hospital/unit resources regarding breast milk, pumping, and breastfeeding on 7A CICU and in the CICU.
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 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
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance