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May marks the anniversary of a landmark event in the lactation care community: the passage of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code). At LER, we’re celebrating by encouraging you to learn more about the Code, with a special discount all month long. How It Works Get in on our Code Celebration Discount!  Head to UNICEF and take their free e-course, Introduction to the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (2nd Edition)  Once you complete the course, email a copy of your UNICEF Course proof-of-completion certificate to WLawrence@LactationTraining.com and request your one-time-use, 15% discount code  Use your code to save on any course LER offers before midnight Eastern on M...
Physically assessing a baby is a critical skill for a lactation care provider to have. Depending on what background experiences brought you to the profession, this may be a familiar role for you — or it may feel very new. Either way, there are a few key points to remember to make your infant physical exam as helpful as possible for you and as comfortable and stress-free as possible for families. Below, Sarah Stilling, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and IBCLC, shares some advice from her years of experience examining babies. Always ask permission. It sounds obvious, but it’s often skipped: Ask the parent’s permission before you begin examining their baby. Just because a parent and baby are in a clinic or hospital setting, don’t assume consent ...

Vergie Hughes RN MS IBCLC FILCA

Vergie Hughes Vergie Hughes has a long history of experience in Maternal Child Health including labor and delivery, post-partum and pediatrics, and for the past 25 years she has been involved in lactation management. Ms. Hughes has a BSN from Pacific Lutheran University and an MS from Georgetown University. She has been a board-certified lactation consultant since 1985.

At Georgetown University Hospital, she was the director of the Human Milk Bank, developed the National Capitol Lactation Center, and The one-week Lactation Consultant Training Program. This course has trained over 3,000 Lactation Consultants since its inception.

Her first love is teaching, and that is exemplified by the creativity of the courses she has developed. A series of courses, "The In-patient Breastfeeding Specialist", "The Out-patient Breastfeeding Specialist", and "The NICU Breastfeeding Specialist" are all designed to advance the lactation management skills of nurses at the bedside.

Ms. Hughes was honored with a "lifetime achievement award" being named a Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association.

 

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