Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Give 3 examples of alternative feeding methods.
2. Explain the technique for hand expressing colostrum.
3. Describe the guideline for feeding an infant in the first 24 hours after birth.
4. Locate where to document breastfeeding assessment and education in the electronic medical record.

Faculty

Kimberly Congden, RN, MSN, IBCLC
Assistant Nurse Manager Lactation Services and Parent Education
Baystate Medical Center 

Neomi Seidell, RN, MSN, IBCLC
Baystate Medical Center

Lisa Frigo, RN
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.