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NANN’s Latest CNENow! Modules
Obtain your continuing nursing education (CNE) hours with our latest CNENow! modules, and remember, CNENow! is free to NANN members and $10 per module for non-members.
Maximizing Nutrition for the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant
Ruth Snyder, MSN APNC NNP-BC, MidAtlantic Neonatology Associates, Morristown Medical Center
Learning Objectives
- Describe why the birth of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant is a nutritional emergency
- Identify goals of early nutritional support for the ELBW infant
- Recognize the importance of early parenteral nutrition and optimal intravenous access
- Identify the challenges and limitations to providing parenteral nutrition to achieve optimal postnatal growth
- Describe the negative effects of delaying enteral nutrition
- Enumerate the benefits of fortifying human milk
- Provide examples of calorie expenditures of the ELBW infant and interventions to decrease these caloric expenditures.
Noninvasive Ventilation in the Preterm Infant
Carolyn J. Herrington, PhD RN NNP-BC CLC, College of Nursing, Wayne State University; Leanne M. Nantais-Smith, PhD RN NNP-BC, College of Nursing, Wayne State University
Learning Objectives
- Identify possible consequences of intubation and ventilator-related lung injury
- Discuss the importance of reducing chronic lung disease (CLD) through noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
- Explore the benefits and effectiveness of NIV and recognize the signs of respiratory failure requiring an increased level of support
- Demonstrate the various delivery methods and identify potential candidates for NIV
- Evaluate the outcomes of NIV versus invasive ventilation in reducing CLD.
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