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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The Certificate Course on Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals aims to equip you with skills for providing care to prenatal and antenatal mothers. It teaches the core competencies required by nursing professionals to facilitate breastfeeding in multiple settings. You will receive handouts of the course content in English.
The Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals certificate course offers 40 hours of informative lectures, video demonstrations and PowerPoint presentations. You will also learn via 12 hours of practical sessions. These will take place in the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Obstetrics and Paediatrics, and postnatal and antenatal wards.
The Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals certification programme will make you capable of providing lactation counselling. Moreover, you will learn the aptitudes required by nurses involved in child and maternal healthcare. The course has a duration of three months. Each schedule of this course can have 10-15 candidates.
The Highlights
- An offering of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV), Puducherry
- 3-months course
- Certification
- 12-hours practical sessions
- 3 credits
- Offline course
Programme Offerings
- Certification
- 40-hours lectures
- Offered by SBV Puducherry
- Offline training
- Video demonstrations
- Comprehensive curriculum
- 3-months training
- 12-hours practical sessions
- exams
- Presentations
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | MGMCRI Pondicherry |
What you will learn
After completing the Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals certificate training, you will be able to:
- Develop attitudes, knowledge, and lactation skills required to help mothers
- Facilitate breastfeeding support groups
- Provide lactation counselling to prenatal and antenatal mothers on breastfeeding
- Offer hands-on breastfeeding support
- Promote exclusive breastfeeding in the public health domain and community
Who it is for
As its name suggests, the Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals course is meant for nursing professionals.
The Syllabus
- Introduction & current breastfeeding practice situation
- Optimal feeding for newborns
- Anatomical and physiological aspects of Breastmilk
- Hospital practices and BFHI
- Breast conditions
- Breastfeeding positioning
- Taking a breastfeeding history
- Assessing a breastfeed
- Expression of breastmilk
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Building confidence and giving support
- Infection Control
- Counselling mothers in different situations
- Counseling practice in HIV positive mothers
- Breastfeeding for working women
- Kangaroo mother care
- Relactation
- Special aids to assist with breastfeeding
- Nutrition for lactating mothers
- Fertility issues while breastfeeding
- Refusal to feed and crying
- Not enough milk
- Feeding during illness and recovery
- Breast examination
- Newborn examination
- Observing a breastfeeding session
- Application of LATCH score
- Listening and learning exercises
- Building confidence and giving support to mothers
- Assessment of growth
- Growth monitoring with growth charts
Evaluation process
The final examination of the Certificate Course on Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals comprises two parts – Skills and written exam. During the ‘skills’ part, you need to professionally demonstrate your learnings practically while using proper respect and communication for the mother’s rights.
You must achieve a score of 100% to pass. Any kind of abusive, unsafe or unprofessional behaviour will cause you to fail the test. For the written exam part, you need to score at least 80% marks to pass the Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals course.
MGMCRI Pondicherry Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
The Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (MGMCRI) offers this course. It is a constituent college of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV), Puducherry.
It will take you three months to complete the Certificate Course on Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals.
The final examination of the Certificate Course on Lactation Counselling and Breastfeeding Management for Nursing Professionals contains two parts – the written exam and skills.
You will receive a photo booklet that contains colour illustrative photos. You can use it while giving lactation counselling to mothers. You will also get the handouts of class content in the English language.
You can ask your questions by sending an email to info@sbvu.ac.in.