Volume 9, Issue 11: Neonatal Nutrition and Vitamin D Supplementation

eNeonatal Review is a monthly CE series for the NICU nurse and health care professional. It provides updates on the latest research, best practices, and issues currently under debate, as well as a concise review of relevant journal literature.

(Volume 9, Issue 11)

 

Target Audience

NICU nurses and health care professionals

Learning Objectives

After participating in this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to: 

  • Describe the role of vitamin D supplementation in preterm and late preterm infant vitamin D status and calcium homeostasis

  • Summarize the association between maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy and both groywth parameters and immune function at birth

  • Identify the vitamin D supplementation required for breastfed infants to avoid vitamin D deficiency

 

 

Additional information
Contact email: 
ijhn@jhmi.edu
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
Registration opens: 
05/30/2013
Registration closes: 
05/29/2015
Cost:
$0.00

Carol L. Wagner, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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