Excellence in Care with the Ten Steps
Online education to advance evidence-based infant feeding policies and practices in the hospital or clinic
Course Description
This 15-hour, online program provides
the education cornerstone for hospitals to pursue the designation of "Baby-Friendly" and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
365 days a year to anyone who meets the system requirements. This course explores the rapidly changing role of all
healthcare professionals in caring for pregnant and new families and is designed to
help hospitals and communities provide the basics of early breastfeeding care, with a focus on implementing The Ten Steps to Successful
Breastfeeding.
We recommend an initial two-day, face-to-face program for staff. This initial program can then be followed with subsequent in-person education
or staff may be trained through our online program.
Hospitals may also choose to complement this two-day program with an add-on a day of clinical competencies through our Demonstrating Competency in Breastfeeding Care program
and determine your readiness for evaluation with a A Mock Assessment: Preparing for the BFHI Evaluation session.
Course Objectives, Agenda & Content
- Describe barriers to effective communication with women about feeding their babies.
- List birthing routines that may influence breastfeeding success.
- Discuss the rationale of skin to skin care for mother and baby.
- Describe how our care influences milk production.
- Describe the basic elements of correct positioning and latch.
- Perform a breastfeeding LATCH score.
- Identify the special needs of babies born too early.
- List ways for mothers to maximize breastmilk production.
- Describe the importance of human milk for human babies.
- List possible negative effects of supplementing babies with breastmilk substitutes.
- List several possible responses when women request formula, nighttime nursery care.
- Discuss the rationale of restricting pacifier use in the early weeks of breastfeeding.
- Describe infant feeding cues.
- Develop a care plan to help a mother with nipple pain, engorgement, and/or infection.
- Discuss the importance of providing protection and support to childbearing women.
Education Credits
This offering has been approved by the following organizations for the respective hours of continuing education credit.
- International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, Provider Number: CLT108-4
- 15 CERPs (13 L & 2 E) (For IBCLCs only)
- 15 instructional hours on the IBLCE Exam Detailed Content Outline (for preparation for first IBLCE exam)
- Commission on Dietetic Registration
- 15 CPE hours, Category II (For RDs only)
- Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP 14127
- 15 contact hours (For RNs only)
- Adobe Flash Player 7 or later download
- One of the following Web browsers (the stated version or later):
- Windows: Internet Explorer 6 (Explorer 10 is not supported), Google Chrome, Firefox 1.5, Safari 3, Opera 9.5
- Macintosh: Firefox 1.5, Safari 3
- Linux: Firefox 1.5, Safari 3
- Client Subscription (EPE client with a pre-existing contract in place): $100 per person
- Institutional Subscription (Hospital or Healthsystem): $115 per person
- Individual Subscription: $149 per person
System Requirements
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Pricing
We are pleased to be able to offer a pricing structure to meet individual and a hospital or health systems' needs:
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