CE courses

Lactation Educator Training Program

This four-day course is designed for health-care professionals who work with pregnant and lactating women and their families. It will provide advanced information necessary to promote breastfeeding and/or interact in the breastfeeding situation by promoting, assisting, encouraging, and facilitating breastfeeding. This course promotes breastfeeding as the normal process for feeding infants. Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to educate, triage, and facilitate basic breastfeeding situations to meet the needs of the infant and the family unit.

Target Audience: Perinatal, neonatal and pediatric nurses working with breastfeeding infants and their mothers and pregnant and lactating women.

Day/Date:
May 9, 10, & 11 and June 28 & 29, 2007

Time: 0800 - 1700

Location: 11255 Mtn. View Ave. Ste. 9
Drayson Center/Collins Auditorium - June 28, 2007 only

CE Credit:
40.0 contact hours (BRN)
40.0 contact hours (ANCC)

Class Fee: $595.00 per candidate

Class Limit: 40

Prerequisites/ Special Instructions:
Lab coats and professional liability insurance are required for clinical observations. Clinical observation experience in the lactation setting will be arranged with the instructor on the first day of class. All students need to bring a doll and a baby blanket to class. A course syllabus will be provided in class. If an additional resource is desired the following textbooks are recommended:

1. La Leche League International: The Breast feeding Answer Book (revised edition) by Nancy Mohrbacher and Julie Stock
2. Breastfeeding and Human Lactation (2^nd edition) by Kathleen Auerbach and Jan Riordan, publisher Jones and Bartlett
3. Counseling the Nursing Mother by Skinskie

Speaker(s):
Gini Baker, RN, MPH, IBCLC
Program Coordinator
UCSD Lactation Programs

Coordinator:
Monica McKenzie, RN, MSN,
Perinatal Educator
Staff Development/LLU

Registration Information: To register, call UCSD Extension, Nicole Mitchell, at (858) 964-1069. For additional information, call Staff Development at (909) 558-3500.

Cancellation, No Show, Refund Policy:
No refund if Staff Development does not receive cancellation notification at least five (5) working days prior to class. No refund will be provided if participant does not show up for class. In the event the program is cancelled, a full refund will be given. Refundable reservation deposits will be returned upon class attendance.