Steps to Breastfeeding Success

Friday, April 4, 2008 - 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Drury Lodge, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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Registration Fee: $50
$40 for Peer Counselors

Students & Southeast Hospital employees: free

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CONTACT HOURS

This program has been approved for 5.5 contact hours. Southeast Missouri Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Application has been made for CPEs for RDs, and CERPs applied for from IBLCE for lactation consultants.

MEETING PLACE

Drury Lodge, I-55 & Rt. K, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS

Ask about conference hotel room rates by calling Drury Lodge at (573) 334-7151.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians, Lactation Consultants, WIC Breastfeeding and Nutrition Staff, Breastfeeding Peer Counselors, Students and any healthcare providers in nursery or obstetrics.

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For questions, call Educational Services at 573-651-5547

Program Agenda

7:30-8 a.m.

Registration

8-8:15 a.m.

Welcome

8:15 - 9:15 a.m.

Evidenced Based Benefits
Amy Spangler, MN, RN, IBCLC

9:15-9:45 a.m.

Break

9:45-10:45 a.m.

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC

10:45-11:30 a.m.

Collaborations – WIC, Hospitals, Physicians
Amy Spangler, MN, RN, IBCLC

11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Breastmilk vs. Formula
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC

1:30 - 1:45 .p.m.

Break/Door Prizes

1:45 - 2:30 p.m.

Vitamin Supplements for Breastfed Infants
Richard Flaksman, MD

2:30-3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion Q&A
All Speakers

About the Speakers

Amy Spangler, MN, RN, IBCLC
Adjunct Faculty at
Emory University School of Nursing
Amy’s Babies, President
Atlanta, GA

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Executive Director
National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy
Weston, MA

Richard Flaksman, MD
Neonatologist
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau, MO

Planning Committee

   

Nancy Keim, MS, RD, LD
SE Breastfeeding Task Force Co-Chair
Breastfeeding & Nutrition Coordinator
Wayne County Health Center
Greenville, MO

Shari Eads, RD, LD, IBCLC
SE Breastfeeding Task Force Co-Chair
WIC Nutrition & Breastfeeding Coordinator
Butler County Health Department
Poplar Bluff, MO

Cheryl Wormington, BSN, RNRN, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau, MO

Laurie Hill, BSN, RN
Educational Services
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau, MO

 

Gwen Thoma, EdD, RN, CNA, BC
Director of Educational Services
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau, MO