Courses

Specialized Feeding: Best Practices for Healthcare Providers

Publication Date: 24 June 2025

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

Course Description

This course is supported by an educational grant from ANHI. The first 1,000 healthcare professionals can enroll for free. Once all free enrollments have been used, there will be a $20 registration fee.

In this course, developed by The Ohio State University, Gina O’Toole, MPH, RD, CLEC, CSPCC, and Emilee Yang, MS, RD, CLEC, CNSC, will identify conditions where specialized infant/child feedings may be required; discuss basics of tracking infant/child growth and development; discuss why safe preparation/handling/storage of specialized infant and child feedings are critical and the clinical implications of unsafe feeding practices; and more.

Course Objectives
  • Identify conditions where specialized infant/child feedings may be required.
  • Discuss the basics of tracking infant/child growth and development.
  • Discuss why safe preparation/handling/storage of specialized infant and child feedings are critical and the clinical implications of unsafe feeding practices.
  • Describe safe methods for the preparation, handling, storage, and feeding of specialized infant/child feedings.
  • List techniques for including solid foods into the feeding regimen as appropriate.

Performance Indicators: 4.2.7, 7.2.2, 8.2.1

Activity Code: 183363

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Gina O'Toole, MPH, RD, CLEC, CSPCC

Clinical Registered Dietitian 
CHOC Children’s Hospital 
Orange, CA, USA

Gina O’Toole is a Neonatal Dietitian at CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, CA. She has played an integral role in the development of the Surgical NICU at CHOC, participated in institutional research, and developed nutrition and feeding guidelines for surgical neonates diagnosed with short bowel syndrome/IF. Gina has participated in multiple quality improvement initiatives through the Vermont Oxford Network, the Children’s Hospital Neonatal Consortium, and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative. Additionally, she has authored the chapter “Short Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Failure” in the 3rd edition of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Neonatal Nutrition. Gina is an invited speaker on both the local and national stages with a nutritional emphasis on prematurity, surgical infants, and short bowel syndrome.

Emilee Yang, MS, RD, CLEC, CNSC

Clinical Registered Dietitian
CHOC Children's Hospital
Orange, CA, USA

Emilee Yang is a Clinical Dietitian in the NICU at CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, CA. Prior to CHOC, she worked as a Clinical Dietitian in pediatrics and neonatal nutrition at Morrison Healthcare in Phoenix, AZ. Emilee received her Master of Science in Nutrition and combined Dietetic Internship from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. She is a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) and a Certified Lactation Educator Counselor (CLEC).

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CE CPEU Neonatal Patient safety

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.