Beyond the Basics: Managing Common Breastfeeding Challenges

The purpose of this (1) hour course is to provide the nurse with an overview of common breast-feeding challenges in the early postpartum period and provides the knowledge and tools needed to assist mothers with breast-feeding concerns and promote a solid establishment of lactation prior to discharge.

By the end of this course, you will have the skills to:

✔️ Describe methods to promote adequate milk production and transfer.

✔️ Discuss the management of hypoglycemia in the breastfeeding infant.

✔️ Review the management of the breastfeeding infant with hyperbilirubinemia.

✔️ Recognize the different management strategies for breastfeeding the premature infant.

✔️ Define the guidelines for hospital discharge of the breastfeeding term newborn and mother.