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    Lactation Training for Nursing Professionals

Build Your Skills

  • Gain confidence in your lactation expertise
  • Master hands-on support
  • Help patients meet their breastfeeding goals
 

Advance Your Career

  • Earn a lactation certification
  • Climb the clinical ladder
  • Stand out in a competitive field
 

Lactation Certification Training

Enhance your nursing career with a lactation consultant certification. LER has everything you need to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) or a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist (CBS).

Become an IBCLC

The highest credential in the lactation profession, the IBCLC allows you to help with the most complex lactation challenges. LER fully supports you through your preparation and certification.
 
Awards 100 Nursing Contact Hours.
 
 

Become a CBS

The Breastfeeding Resource Nurse Online course awards the Certified Breastfeeding Specialist (CBS) and provides the solid foundation you need to assist through pregnancy and the typical course of lactation.
 
Awards 52.75 Nursing Contact Hours.
 
 
 

Lactation Education Designed with Nurses in Mind

From beginner to advanced, LER’s lactation education courses give you the skills and confidence you need to provide excellent breastfeeding support.

Breastfeeding the NICU Infant

  • Comprehensive online course
  • Designed for NICU nurses and lactation consultants
  • Includes 6 modules
  • Effectively help NICU parents meet their feeding goals
11.5 Nursing Contact Hours
 
 

Basics of Lactation Management for Nurses

  • Provide lactation care before, during, and after birth
  • Expert instructors with more than 25 years of teaching and clinical experience
  • Online, on-demand
  • Tailored specifically for nurses and birth workers
6 Nursing Contact Hours
 
 
 

Lactation Basics for Travel Nurses

  • Communicate with parents about the importance of breastfeeding
  • Confidently help with latch, positioning, expressing milk, skin-to-skin, and more
  • Understand how to prevent and assist with the most common lactation challenges
1.5 Nursing Contact Hours
 

BreaSteps: Breastfeeding the Premature Infant

  • Teaches a systematic approach for preterm babies
  • Improves breastfeeding rates and milk supply
  • Includes everything you need to integrate BreaSteps into your NICU
3 Nursing Contact Hours
 
 
 

Training for BFHI

  • Covers 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding in the Hospital Setting
  • General healthcare personnel training
  • 14 hours of lactation-specific education
14 Nursing Contact Hours
 
 

Find A Course on a Specific Topic

Every course in our extensive catalog is taught by an innovator who is active in the field. We update our course catalog continually to ensure the teaching you receive is evidence-based and up to date.
 
 
 
 
 

LER Offers Group Discounts

Group discounts are available on many of our courses, allowing you to train more staff members for less. Once purchased, seats never expire, so you can save now and award the courses indefinitely as the right people come into your program. Email us for more information.
 
 

Why Choose LER?

Content

  • Based on latest lactation science
  • Expert instructors with real-world experience
  • Courses that tailor your learning to your unique setting

Convenience

  • Online courses that fit your lifestyle
  • Study on your own time and pace
  • Everything in one place — education, clinical hours, and exam prep
 

Wrap-around support

  • Expert customer service at your fingertips
  • Cutting-edge study tools for IBCLC exam success
  • Ongoing support for your professional journey
 

Learn More at the LER Blog

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Lactation Education for the IBCLC

Understand the 95-hour exam requirement and how to meet it
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Is Your NICU Doing the BreaSteps?
How to implement this five-step approach with proven success
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Make No Mistake
Understand how skin tone affects presentation of lactation conditions
 
 
  • LER's program for IBCLC certification was ideal for me …. LER's online, self-paced program was convenient and flexible. This allowed me to pursue my goal of becoming an IBCLC while also juggling a busy family life.
    –Ilana G., RN, BSN, CBS

    Since the beginning of my nursing career I always knew I had an interest in becoming an IBCLC. However, it felt like the process was too difficult – until I discovered the pathway 3 option through LER. I have almost completed my clinical training and hope to sit for the IBCLC exam next spring, a goal that a year ago I felt was impossible to achieve.
    –Katie H., BSN, RN, PHN, CBS
  • The 95 hours of lactation training have expanded my knowledge on both the benefits and complications of breastfeeding. Once I complete my 500 clinical hours, I will be ready to sit for the exam.
    –Keantae T., BSN

    Obtaining a site for clinical hours was tricky in 2020, and without LER standing by my side while I waited for my clinical hours, I wouldn’t be where I am today.. I’m currently on track to become an IBCLC and plan to sit for my boards.
    –Marley R., BSN, CBS
  • LER's program for IBCLC certification was ideal for me …. LER's online, self-paced program was convenient and flexible. This allowed me to pursue my goal of becoming an IBCLC while also juggling a busy family life.
    –Ilana G., RN, BSN, CBS

    Since the beginning of my nursing career I always knew I had an interest in becoming an IBCLC. However, it felt like the process was too difficult – until I discovered the pathway 3 option through LER. I have almost completed my clinical training and hope to sit for the IBCLC exam next spring, a goal that a year ago I felt was impossible to achieve.
    –Katie H., BSN, RN, PHN, CBS
  • The 95 hours of lactation training have expanded my knowledge on both the benefits and complications of breastfeeding. Once I complete my 500 clinical hours, I will be ready to sit for the exam.
    –Keantae T., BSN

  • Obtaining a site for clinical hours was tricky in 2020, and without LER standing by my side while I waited for my clinical hours, I wouldn’t be where I am today.. I’m currently on track to become an IBCLC and plan to sit for my boards.
    –Marley R., BSN, CBS

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