S26OD112 - Feeding Very Preterm Newborns in the First 1-2 Weeks After Birth: When to Start? How Much? When to Advance?

Supported by Mead Johnson Nutrition

Intended Audience: All neonatal nurses.

ANCC NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0

NCC Codes: NNP3, NIC1, ELBW7

Learning Outcome: Learners will increase their knowledge of optimal enteral feeding practices by appraising clinical trials and systematic reviews while also understanding future directions and key unanswered questions needing to be addressed.

Release Date: 4/21/2026
Expiration Date: 4/30/2029

Requirements for Completion: Participants must be registered for the conference, attend at least 90% of each session, and complete evaluations to earn ANCC NCPD contact hours.

Disclosures: No person with the potential to influence the content of this activity has declared a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible* company. Any exceptions to this disclosure are noted below.
Greg Valentine received an honorarium for an award with Sunstar Foundation. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

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*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Gregory Valentine, MD, MEd

Dr. Greg Valentine is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Neonatology at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital with Adjunct positions in Mechanical Engineering and Oral Health Sciences. Dr. Valentine has published 2 book chapters and over 50 peer-reviewed publications, and is a member of the World Health Organization's technical working groups on developing indicators to improve quality of care for sick and small newborns worldwide. Dr. Valentine has current funding from the NIH, Thrasher Research Fund and Gerber Foundation and leads multi-center clinical trials in the US and across the world related to optimal ways to provide nutrition to premature newborns and how to prevent preterm birth through novel yet simple interventions.