Best Practices for Breastfeeding Friendly Offices and Clinics: How to Integrate Appropriate Lactation Support into Patient Visits
Available through May 9, 2026 Open Nursing Public Health
Description
As more families choose to chest/breastfeed their infant, they seek a healthcare provider who is supportive of their feeding choice and will provide evidence-based, high-quality support. This presentation will delve into recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine on being a breastfeeding-friendly practice. Information will be provided on ways to integrate these recommendations into clinic flow and meet the patient needs for evidence-based lactation care. The learner should be prepared to commit 2 hours to complete the course, including watching the taped live webinar, reviewing the professional recommendations and completing the post-test. The learner will have 45 days from the date of registration to complete the course after which the course materials will no longer be available.
Hot Topics in Breastfeeding is a lactation education series for local WIC agencies, health departments, hospitals and healthcare professionals offered via Webex once a quarter. Each session will focus on a topic related to lactation management and care of the chest/breastfeeding dyad. This series is funded by and hosted by the Region I WIC LATCH (Lactation Area Training Center for Health) and will feature guest speakers on various topics related to lactation.
Target Audience
Healthcare professionals, nutritionists, nurses
Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the learner will be able to:
- Identify two of the steps suggested by the AAP, ABM, and ACOG for creating a Breastfeeding Friendly Office Practice
- Describe ways in which lactation professionals can add to the service provided for families
- Discuss billing tips for making lactation services accessible for all families
- State one idea for collaboration with community services
- Identify awards for which your office may be eligible from the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition
Faculty
- Emily Hannon, MD, IBCLC
Sessions
Best Practices for Breastfeeding Friendly Offices and Clinics: How to Integrate Appropriate Lactation Support into Patient Visits
5/9 8:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Credits
.200 CEU
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.2 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
2.000 Contact Hours
MAHEC designates this online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 2.0 Contact Hours.
2.000 Nursing Contact Hours
Participants must attend the entire activity to receive credit.
2.0 Nursing Contact Hours Activity # AP 008-2412 Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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