Breastfeeding Foundations for Your Community
A 20-hour continuing education activity
Your Instructor
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, Mother of 2, Grandmother of 2, ANLC, IBCLC, CIMI, RYT500
Nikki Lee has no influencing financial relationships nor any commercial support for this course.
Course Benefits
- All 12 sessions: 20.25 nursing contact hours / 19.5 L-CERPs
- 4 consecutive sessions: 19 L- CERPs and 0.5 E-CERPs / 6.67 L-CERPs
- Networking, small & large group discussions, problem-solving case studies
- Continually updated with current evidence
Fall 2025 Course Dates
Saturday classes, held on Zoom
Schedule: 9am-11am – 2 hour break – 1pm-3pm CST
October 18 (sessions 1&2), October 25 (sessions 3&4)
November 15 (sessions 5&6), November 22 (sessions 7&8)
December 13 (sessions 9 &10), December 20 (sessions 11&12)
Winter 2026 Course Dates
WEDNESDAY classes, held on Zoom
Schedule: 9am-11am – 2 hour break – 1pm-3pm CST
January 7 (sessions 1&2), January 14 (sessions 3&4)
February 11 (sessions 5&6), February 18 (sessions 7&8)
March 11 (sessions 9 &10), March 18 (sessions 11&12)
Fees & Scholarships
- $350
- $50 USD for Black, Brown, and Indigenous people: immigrants & refugees, folks in low-income countries.
Scholarships, barter, and trade available, email to discuss.
Payment options include: Venmo, check, money order, Western Union.
Course Outline
Sessions 1, 2, 3, and 4: Guidelines and resources from international, national, and local organizations. Conversations. and words that work. Teaching pregnant people. Anatomy and physiology of milk making. The value of skin-to-skincare. Hospital policies and practices that support exclusive breastfeeding.
Sessions 5, 6, 7 and 8: Contraindications to breastfeeding. Assisting mothers of term infants. Identifying hallmarks of effective breastfeeding. Supporting breastfeeding and human milk feeding in the NICU. Teaching bottle-feeding so that baby can regulate its intake. Hypoglycemia and jaundice. Counseling families who use infant formula. Breastfeeding the baby with special health care needs.
Sessions 9, 10, 11 and 12: Management techniques for common breastfeeding problems in the first weeks.Supplementation of the breastfed baby. Using pumps, aides and devices. Breastfeeding as a public health strategy.Social determinants of health. The Baby Friendly™ Hospital Initiative. Celebrating your strengths.
This continuing education activity was approved by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit , an accredited approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
