Learning Objectives:
- Review the physiology of the infant's gut as an immune organ
- Evaluate the components of human milk, especially human milk oligosaccharides (HMO)
- Discuss the impact of human milk and nutrition on the neonatal microbiome, brain, cell and tissue
- Examine the AAP 2012 Policy on Breastfeeding and Use of Human Milk, and the AAP 2016 Policy on Donor Milk
- Explore how to implement an exclusive human milk diet for extremely premature infants
- Review the literature on the clinical outcomes in the use of an exclusive human milk diet for <1250g infants
Speaker:
Terry S. Johnson, APN, NNP-BC, CLEC, ASPPS, MN, CE
Director, Education and Professional Development
