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Excellence in Patient Care:

Overcoming the obstacles of breastfeeding at night and weekends in the hosptial setting
Date & Time:

Tuesay, May 1, 2018
from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
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Location:

Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center
200 South Orange Avenue
Livingston, New Jersey 07039

 
Driving Directions

Parking and Wayfinding Information

Free parking is available.

Continuing Education Contact Hours
This program has been awarded 6.0 contact hours.

The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by NJSNA, an accredited approver, by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider #P194-1/17-20. 
Provider approval is valid through January 2020.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education activities only and does not imply approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed / displayed in conjunction with the educational activity by the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey, NJSNA or ANCC.

This program has been approved for
6.0 L-CERPs.
IBLCE Approval Number: C1181043. 

Disclosures
There is no commercial support for this continuing nursing education activity. The speakers and planners have no vested interest in the content of this continuing nursing education activity to disclose.

Successful Completion

To receive contact hours or CERPs for this program, the registrant must sign in on the sign-in sheet, attend the entire program, initial out on the sign-in sheet and complete and submit an on-line program evaluation form. Certificates of attendance will be generated electronically within one week of the close of the on-line evaluation period.

Photography/Videography
From time to time, the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey uses photographs and videography of conference events in its promotional materials. Unless this permission is revoked in writing to the Partnership, prior to the event, by virtue of their attendance, all conference participants agree to the use of their likeness in Partnership materials.

 
About the Event

This program was created by local nurses and lactation consultants specifically to address the challenges faced by nurses who support breastfeeding mothers and babies in hospital maternity centers.

Learner Outcomes 

As a result of attending this continuing nursing education program, participants will be able to:

  • State two strategies that can realistically be used in the participant’s hospital practice for each of the following:
      - Addressing mom's fear of lack of milk
      - Getting breastfeeding off to a good start
      - Assessing breastfeeding
  • Successfully demonstrate three skills necessary for providing care to breastfeeding mothers and infants

 

Conference Pricing

$25    Saint Barnabas Medical Center Staff

$35     Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey                     Member Hospital Staff

$50     All Others

Although registration fees are non-refundable, they are transferable.
To transfer a registration, please contact Amy Gole at  agole@partnershipmch.org or 973-268-2280 x100 
no later than April 27, 2018. 

When registering for the conference, home email address is preferred as emails with attachments are not always permitted through hospital filters. 

 

Conference Planning Committee

Carmen Baker-Clark, BA, IBCLC, RLC
CarePoint Health Hoboken University Medical Center
Angelica Daniels, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Michelle Dickerson PhD(c), RNC-NIC, RN-BC, CBC
Jersey City Medical Center 
Amy Gole, RNC-MNN, Ed.M, NE-BC
Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey
Laura Kelly, RN, IBCLC
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
Sarah Muller-Robbins, RN, MPH, IBCLC
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
Suzanne O'Neill, RN, IBCLC
St. Banabas Medical Center
Robin Petrick, IBCLC, ICCE
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center
Sylvia Record, RN, LCCE, IBCLC, RLC
CarePoint Health Hoboken University Medical Center / CarePoint Health Christ Hospital
Sharon Tanis, RN, BSN, IBCLC, LCCE
The Valley Hospital 
Luiza Zuraw, RNC-MNN, IBCLC
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center 

Conference Agenda
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome
Amy Gole, RNC-MNN, Ed.M, NE-BC
Director of Education, Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM Why Advocate for Exclusive Breastfeeding?
Mary Turbek, RN, IBCLC
Public Health Representative I, Lactation, New Jersey WIC Program

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

 Communicating the Normalcy of Breastfeeding
Mary Turbek, RN, IBCLC
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Skills Sessions (participants will rotate through each of two 45 minute skills sessions)
Skills Session A 
Getting Started
   Laurie Barbalinardo, RN, BSN, IBCLC - Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center
  Teresa Mancuso, MA, RN, IBCLC - Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Latch Assessment Tools
  Jeanette DePrimo, RNC, CCE, IBCLC, RLC - Hackensack University Medical Center
  Joanne Wells, RNC, IBCLC - Hackensack University Medical Center

Skills Sesion B
Hand Expression
 Sarah Muller Robbins, RN, MPH, IBCLC - Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
 Sharon Tanis, RN, BSN, IBCLC, LCCE - The Valley Hospital
Case Study / Breast Pump
  Suzanne O'Neill, RN, IBCLC - Saint Barnabas Medical Center
  Nadine Vaccarino, IBCLC, RLC - Saint Barnabas Medical Center
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Tips You Can Use to Encourage Exclusive Breastfeeding
Mary Turbek, RN, IBCLC
  2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Break
 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Skills Sessions (participants will rotate through each of two 45 minute skills sessions)
Skills Session C
Alternative Feeding Methods
  Miriam Ruchman, BS, MA, IBCLC - Carepoint Health Christ Hospital
  Rachel Smith, RN, IBCLC - Saint Clare's Hospital
Paced Bottle Feeding
  Sarah Muller Robbins, RN, MPH, IBCLC - Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center
  Luiza Zuraw, RNC-MNN, IBCLC - Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center

Skills Session D
Newborn Behavior
   Lynn Freeland, RNC, MSN, BCLC - Overlook Medical Center
  L'via Weisinger, BA, BSN, RN-C, IBCLC - Holy Name Medical Center
Use of Breastfeeding Tools
  Deborah DiMauro, BSN, RN, IBCLC, RLC - Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center
  Robin Petrick, IBCLC, ICCE - Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center
 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Skills Sessions Wrap-Up
Amy Gole, RNC-MNN, Ed.M, NE-BC