In a message dated 5/25/00 12:16:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Her supervisor does not see the need to send her out to a course, since she breastfed 5 babies and how much do you need to know anyway. She said that now she understands what I mean by "nurse brain." >> Esther, You know how we say that most cases diagnosed as breastfeeding jaundice are actually LACK of breastfeeding jaundice. Well, it is not necessarily nurse brain, but "LACK of breastfeeding knowledge in nurses' brains." I am a nurse, so maybe I am a little defensive. I also used to lack breastfeeding knowledge and actually had misinformation about breastfeeding when I started my nursing career. But I did learn and it was those of you who did not have misinformation that knew enough about breastfeeding to teach us. I am very grateful that I had June & Debby to help me learn about breastfeeding. They were the only IBCLC's in the area for years and neither are nurses. They helped lots of us in Central Florida learn about lactation issues. I work in a hospital with lots of nurses and moms. You can tell those nurses and moms who have done their homework and really have a knowledge of breastfeeding. I often find some of the moms know more about breastfeeding than some of the nurses. Unfortunately some of these nurses don't want to know any more about breastfeeding and even use their own personal experiences to teach our new moms about breastfeeding. Things like, "I used a nipple shield and I did fine" or "Someone told me to sleep all night and that was the best thing that could have happened to me." Right now we seem to have lots of moms & nurses who think that feeding baby in the nursery & sleeping through the night is good. What is it that Dr. Jack says? "ARRGGHHH!" They must have "nurse brain" !!!!!! Laura Hart Winter Park, Florida Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -- Theodore Roosevelt *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html