Training programs

Training Program in Neonatal Nutrition

Nurse Contact: 10.0; Dietitian CPEU: 10.0

This training program is designed to build upon your foundational knowledge and introduce you to specialized situations and advanced topics when caring for preterm and term infants.

Note: We encourage you to first complete the Training Program in Fundamental Neonatal Nutrition before beginning the Training Program in Specialized Neonatal Nutrition.

Select your level of experience with this topic, and we’ll display the course curriculum best suited for you.

Enroll in These Foundational Courses

Enroll in and complete all SIX foundational online self-study courses.

If you’d like, you can also take many of these programs in a group setting. Contact your Abbott representative to schedule a program in your facility. If you need assistance, contact us.

Neonatal Fundamentals: Infant Nutrition Assessment

In this course, Michelle Johnson, RDN, LD, will define gestational age and birth weight categories; review the five essential components of....

Neonatal Fundamentals: Enteral Nutrition

In this updated course, Laura Meredith-Dennis, MAS, RD, will emphasize the importance of a neonatal dietitian; list several significant....

Neonatal Fundamentals: Parenteral Nutrition

In this updated course, Stephanie Merlino Barr, MS, RDN, LD, will identify 3 indications for the use of parenteral nutrition in the neonate;....

Neonatal Fundamentals: Discharge and Follow-Up

In this updated course, Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RD, will review guidelines in preparation for NICU discharge; discuss breastfeeding, human....

Benefits of Breastfeeding

In this course, Michelle L. Arrizola, MBA, RN, BSN, IBCLC, will discuss the benefits of breastfeeding for mom and baby; review breast anatomy....

Breastfeeding Techniques: Tips to Successfully Support the Breastfeeding Dyad

In this course, Michelle L. Arrizola, MBA, RN, BSN, IBCLC, will identify the 6 infant states of alertness; discuss the key components of a good....

Choose Four Electives

Select, enroll in and complete FOUR of these electives.

If you’d like, you can also take many of these programs in a group setting. Contact your Abbott representative to schedule a program in your facility. If you need assistance, contact us.

Nutrition Assessment of the Preterm Infant

In this course, Sharon Groh-Wargo, PhD, RDN, will review the components of a newborn nutrition assessment; discuss the nutritional....

Eat, Sleep, Console

In this course, Heaven Holdbrooks, PNP, CNS, RNC-NIC, will compare the modified Finnegan Assessment Scale (FNASS) to the Eat, Sleep,....

 

Implementing Individualized Infant Feedings: All About the Cues & More

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

Motivational Interviewing: Application in Working with Patients and Families

In this course, Krisanna Deppen, MD, will define motivational interviewing (MI); identify the 5 concerns of MI; and demonstrate how MI....

Select your level of experience with this topic, and we’ll display the course curriculum best suited for you.

Enroll in These Foundational Courses

Enroll in and complete all FOUR foundational online self-study courses.

If you’d like, you can also take many of these programs in a group setting. Contact your Abbott representative to schedule a program in your facility. If you need assistance, contact us.

Safeguarding Preparation and Delivery of Infant Feedings in the NICU

In this course, Marsha Dumm, MS, RDN, LD, will describe current US standards and best practices for human milk and formula handling in the....

Neonatal Alimentary System

In this course, you’ll identify the normal developmental stages of the neonatal alimentary tract; describe the practices of GI system....

Strategies for the Development of Safe Oral Feeding Among Preterm Infants

In this course, Andrea Mangino, MS, CCC-SLP, will discuss physiological and developmental factors related to infant feeding; identify infant....

NICU Currents: Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care

In this article, Michelle Doran, RN, DNP, NPD-BC, will identify the 4 main principles of ethics; describe 3 common ethical dilemmas in the....

Choose Six Electives

Select, enroll in and complete SIX of these electives.

If you’d like, you can also take many of these programs in a group setting. Contact your Abbott representative to schedule a program in your facility. If you need assistance, contact us.

Nutrition Management of Refeeding Syndrome in the Critically Ill Child and Neonate

In this course, Luise Marino, PhD, RD, and Lyssa Lamport, MS, RDN, will review the potential pathophysiology of refeeding syndrome in....

Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome

In this course, Gina O'Toole, MPH, RD, CLEC, CSPCC, will list 3 benefits that maternal breast milk provides to the infant with short....

Acute Kidney Injury in the NICU Patient

In this course, David Askenazi, MD, MSPH, and Janelle Hanick, RDN, LD, will review the epidemiology of neonatal acute kidney injury....

Handling Human Milk and Formula in Healthcare Facilities: Tried & True and What’s New

In this course, Caroline Steele, MS, RD, CSP, IBCLC, FAND, will outline the risks associated with human milk and formula handling in....

Nutritional Management of Pompe Disease

In this course, Surekha Pendyal, MSc, MEd, RD, FAND, will describe the cellular processes affected by Pompe Disease; describe goals of....

Advances in Propionic Acidemia

In this course, Elaina Jurecki, MS, RD, FAND, will review recent literature addressing the balance between intact protein and medical....

Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome

In this course, Scott Wexelblatt, MD, will define Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS); discuss the incidence and trends of NOWS...

What’s New in the Science of HMOs: New Research and Future Directions

In this course, Lars Bode, PhD, will describe maternal factors that influence the human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) profile in human....

Supplemental Materials

These materials aren’t required as part of your certificate of training, but we think they’ll play a helpful role in your clinical practice.