Courses

Competencies for Human Milk and Formula Technicians

Program Date: 26 June 2025

Publication Date: 26 June 2025

Continuing Education Credits: Dietitian 0.5 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Marina Hernandez, MS, RD, will explain the significance of nutrition for preterm and critically ill infants, as well as the role of human milk and formula technicians in providing nutritional care in hospitals; describe key features of human milk; differentiate between types of infant formula; and more.

Course Objectives
  • Explain the significance of nutrition for preterm and critically ill infants, as well as the role of human milk and formula technicians in providing nutritional care in hospitals.
  • Describe key features of human milk.
  • Differentiate between types of infant formula.
  • Describe enteral feeding routes.

Performance Indicators: 3.3.5, 9.1.1, 9.1.4

Activity Code: 188792

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Marina Hernandez, MS, RD

Registered Dietitian
MemorialCare Miller Children's &
Women's Hospital Long Beach
Long Beach, CA, USA

Marina Hernandez, MS, RD, has over a decade of experience as a clinical dietitian at MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, where she is dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of neonates, children, and women. Since April 2023, she has served as the internship coordinator, overseeing the training and development of dietetic interns to ensure they achieve the necessary competencies and standards of the profession.

In her role as a Clinical Dietitian IV in the neonatal intensive care unit, Marina provides specialized nutrition care for extremely low-birth-weight and very low-birth-weight infants, employing evidence-based practices and protocols to deliver optimal outcomes. She holds a certification in lactation education and possesses expertise in parenteral nutrition, malnutrition assessment, the nutrition care process, and nutrition education.

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Category
CPEU Neonatal Human milk

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.