Implementing Individualized Infant Feedings: All About the Cues & More
Program Date: 21 October 2022
Publication Date: 21 October 2022
Continuing Education Units: Nurse Contact: 1.0, Dietitian CPEU: 1.0
Course Description:
In this updated course, Heaven Holdbrooks, PNP, CNS, RNC-NIC will review the importance of sensory development & neuroprotective care; describe the positive & negative sensory experiences in the NICU & how providers can impact them; define what is cue-based care and infant-driven feedings; evaluate the literature on cue-based and infant-driven feedings; and describe the steps needed to implement an individualized feeding program in your unit.Course Objectives:
• Review the importance of sensory development and neuroprotective care.
• Describe the positive & negative sensory experiences in the NICU and how providers can impact them.
• Define what is cue-based care and infant-driven feedings.
• Evaluate the literature on cue-based and infant-driven feedings.
• Describe the steps needed to implement an individualized feeding program in your unit.
- CDR Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.1.6, 8.2.2
- Run Time: 49
Course Instructor Bio(s)
Heaven Holdbrooks, PNP, CNS, RNC-NIC
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Southern, CA, USA
Southern, CA, USA
Heaven Holdbrooks is a Clinical Nurse Specialist working in a level III NICU in southern California and is board-certified as a neonatal nurse. She obtained her BSN at the University of California Irvine and her MSN at the University of California Los Angeles with a dual degree in clinical nurse specialist and pediatric nurse practitioner. She has worked in the NICU for the past 10 years and is well-versed in quality improvement initiatives. She is passionate about improving the health and well-being of children and their families.
Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.
Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:
This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.
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