Training for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

  • BFHI Training For:

    • Nurses
    • Physicians
    • Support Staff

    NEW Competency Based Training
    (BFUSA™ 6th edition guidelines)

    • Direct Care Personnel
      • 14 hour
    • Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers
      • 4 hours

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  • Benefits for you:

    • Accessibility to all staff members at convenient times (24/7/365)
    • Behavior changing training
    • Cost Effectiveness

     
     

  • How it works:

    • Listen to the instructor
    • View the powerpoint slides
    • Each lesson is 20-45 minutes
    • Self paced, start anytime

     
     

This course is designed for nurses, healthcare providers and lactation consultants who provide care and provisions of care for women, lactating individuals and infants. Lactation supporters and healthcare providers may not have access to every journal article that pertains to best practice and updated practice. Sekeita Lewis-Johnson, DNP, FNP-BC, IBCLC, Accredited Provider Program Director and Julie Grimes, IBCLC, summarize literature of peer-reviewed studies that are specific to clinical lactation support from the year 2024.

Course Outline

I Best Maternity Care Practices

II Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine – Breastfeeding during Emergencies

III Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine – Clinical Protocol #19

IV American Academy of Pediatrics – Ankyloglossia Clinical Report

V NICU Corner – Multiple studies Lactation Care & Support in the NICU

VI Lactation Accommodations Laws and Policies

VII Lactation Acuity & Hospital Lactation Services

VIII Birth Practices and Synthetic Oxytocin

IX Skin-to-skin Care & Exclusivity and Duration

X Erasing Women and Breastfeeding?

XI Food Desserts & Breastfeeding

XII  Maternal Weight & Lactation

XIII Flange Fit

Accreditation Recognition

This course awards:

  • 1.0 L-CERPs recognized by International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners -IBLCE®
  • 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours - American Nurses Credentialing Center - ANCC

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3 Hour course focused on milk supply, pumping and special feeding techniques.


Successful lactation care providers build their practice on a solid foundation of evidence-based, practical knowledge and effective clinical skills. If you are looking for that foundation, look no further.

Woman breastfeedingThis two-part course provides all the information and tools you need to successfully integrate BreaSteps, a systematic approach for preterm babies, from birth through successful breastfeeding into your facility’s framework of care. LER’s course Instructor and Pathway Three Clinical Internship Director, Amy Black, explains each of the 5 steps in detail.

She also shares rich insights from her experience implementing BreaSteps in her own hospital’s NICU and seeing the results it can achieve.


  • Improved breastfeeding rates
  • Increased maternal milk supplies
  • Decreased human donor milk costs
  • Happier, more confident NICU parents

You’ll leave this course with:
  • A thorough, evidence-based explanation of the rationale for and benefits of BreaSteps.
  • Training on how to assess an infant’s readiness for each step, the risks involved with each step, and how to mitigate them.
  • An easy-reference booklet & milk log for NICU parents covering everything they need to know in an accessible way.
  • Downloadable nurse/parent cards Black created to integrate BreaSteps in her facility; one side has info for family and the other has info for nurses. Clearly and concisely explain the steps and their rationale for easy, reliable incorporation into your facility’s practices.

Guidance from Black’s own experience on how to introduce BreaSteps to neonatologists and the entire

care team and tailor it to achieve buy-in in your own setting. The course’s many embedded videos clearly showing dyads at each step and illustrating NICU staff’s role will leave you feeling confident and prepared, and the heartwarming interviews with NICU parents about the benefits of BreaSteps will leave you inspired and excited about this powerful tool.

Instructor: Amy Black, BS, IBCLC

Course Awards:
  • 3 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 3 L-CERP's for Lactation Consultants
  • 3 CMEs

Designed for those with little experience or training as a breastfeeding counselor, these lessons will cover the topics you need to provide lactation-related care, whether you provide care before, during, or after birth. Listen to the instructors while you view the PowerPoint slides. Just like attending the lecture in person, but you can review at your leisure anything that you missed the first time around.

Successful lactation care providers build their practice on a solid foundation of evidence-based, practical knowledge and effective clinical skills. If you are looking for that foundation, look no further.

Woman at computerThis course, offered by two of LER’s most experienced instructors, covers exactly the topics you need to know, providing a rich depth of information in an accessible, actionable, and memorable way.

Throughout the four modules, you’ll learn through our instructors’ clear, engaging lecture styles, embedded videos illustrating key concepts and clinical details, and thought questions and case studies where you can practice your new knowledge. Our instructors base their teaching on the latest scientific research and on their wealth of lived experience supporting diverse lactating families — perhaps your greatest learning resource.

Included in the course:

Assuring Breastfeeding Success. This course explains the 12 most critical actions that can be taken to promote lactation success, starting in labor and delivery and extending past discharge. Covers how to accomplish early, frequent feeds; establish abundant milk supply; work with instead of against infants’ instincts; promote safe skin-to-skin; pre-empt the most common medical reasons for formula supplementation; assist with baby-led latching; and much more. Taught by Angela Love-Zaranka BA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA.

Continuity of Care. Research shows that what happens at discharge can make or break breastfeeding or chestfeeding duration. Learn how to partner with your community to provide each family with an individualized, actionable plan for successfully navigating the transition from birthplace to home. Taught by Sekeita Lewis Johnson, DNP, FNP-BC, IBCLC.

Supporting Families with Breastfeeding. This multi-section course is a comprehensive guide to providing lactation support. The course begins with a deep dive into position and latch, providing the skills and knowledge you need to confidently assess both and provide help. It continues with thorough treatment of the most common problems encountered during lactation, including separation of parent and infant, delayed lactogenesis, hypoglycemia, special concerns of late preterm infants, nipple pain, jaundice, weight loss, and engorgement. Taught by Angela Love-Zaranka BA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA, and Dalaney Young BS-MCH, IBCLC.

When Medical Supplementation is Necessary. Supplementation carries very real risks for health and breastfeeding outcomes. This course covers essential information on how to avoid unnecessary supplementation and determine when supplementation is medically necessary, as well as how to supplement safely and in a way that supports the parents’ breastfeeding success. Taught by Angela Love-Zaranka BA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA.

Instructors: Angela Love-Zaranka BA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA, Sekeita Lewis-Johnson DNP, FNP-BC, IBCLC, Dalaney Young BS-MCH, IBCLC
*This course contains Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, USA® new Sixth Edition Steps 5 & 6.

Course Awards:
  • 6 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 6 L-CERP's for Lactation Consultants

A course for licensed and unlicensed personnel that provides an overview of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and the hospital-wide teamwork necessary to obtain the accreditation.

This course describes the benefits of breastfeeding to parents, babies, and the community. It includes a summary of the health care organizations and government agencies which support this initiative to improve the public health and well-being of the country. Instructor: Angela Love-Zaranka, BA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA. No contact hours are available for this training.

This course awards:
  • Certificate of Completion

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