Donna says,
 

<<. I
see the trend of IBCLCs needing another credential,  namely RN. There are
many hospitals that will not hire an IBCLC unless they  are also RNs. That
eliminates so many good IBCLCs.  >>

 
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I've said before, and I'll say it yet  again -- most of our finest IBCLCs 
are NON-RNs.  If I attempted to list the  top 20 IBCLCs in our profession and 
I'm not going to do it because I'd be sure  to leave out someone excellent, 
I would be willing to wager that 16 of the top  20 are NON RNs.
 
That said, hospitals that do not hire  anyone but RN IBCLCs do it for a 
VERY pragmatic reason.  Staffing.   They can pull an RN IBCLC to L&D, NICU, 
Mother-Baby -- wherever the need is,  and wherever her particular expertise in 
Maternal Child Health lies.  To  administrations way of thinking, they get 
two for the price of one, and have an  extra "on call" person to pull if 
needed.  A crisis in L&D of low  staffing will always supercede lactation.  
 
It isn't right -- it isn't fair -- it  isn't just -- but it is.  Period.
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC,  FILCA
Lactation Education  Consultants
Wheaton  IL

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