Event Description:
The goal of this conference is to enhance the health care professional's understanding of current management techniques in providing care to the high-risk infant.
Objectives
Describe effective strategies for supporting families with high risk newborns experiencing crisis.
Explain current evidence and clinical considerations for therapeutic hypothermia in high risk infants, including risks, limitations, and practice recommendations.
Identify best practices to support breastfeeding and pumping in families with high-risk newborns, including optimizing milk supply, overcoming common challenges, and promoting parent-infant bonding.
Discuss key pharmacologic principles relevant to newborn and infant care, including medication safety, dosing considerations, common therapeutic agents, and strategies to prevent medication errors in the NICU and postpartum settings.
Available Credits
Audience
Nurses, advanced practice providers, social workers, and other health care professionals involved in the care of the high risk infant.
