Courses

Implementing Individualized Infant Feedings: All About the Cues & More

Program Date: 21 October 2022

Publication Date: 21 October 2022

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this updated course, Heaven Holdbrooks, PNP, CNS, RNC-NIC, will review the importance of sensory development and neuroprotective care; describe the positive and 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; 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.

Performance Indicators: 4.1.6, 8.2.2

Activity Code: 177226

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Heaven Holdbrooks, PNP, CNS, RNC-NIC

Clinical Nurse Specialist  
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 wellbeing of children and their families.

Category

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.