> ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:35:50 -0400 > From: "Pam Hirsch, RN, BSN, CLC" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: time management > > Hi, All: I have been following this thread with great interest as this > issue comes up periodically during the 18 years I have been a hospital- > based LC. I started one of the Chicago-area's 1st hospital-based lactation > programs back in 1986 and ran it for almost 9 years before I realized that > working more than F/T as an LC was not very conducive to having 2 more > babies. I semi-retired (dropped down to teaching a monthly prenatal > breastfeeding class series for 5 years) and am now back to more than F/T in > the hospital setting as the clinical lead for Lactation Services in a Level > 2 community hospital which does 2000+ deliveries/year and with a 95% > breastfeeding rate. Time management becomes an issue when you end up with > a manager who is indeed CLUELESS. One manager I suffered with for many > years would actually say to my face as well as to the staff that she > couldn't believe that the hospital was so stupid as to waste a paycheck by > paying me to breastfeed! I now work with VERY supportive managers - 2 of > the three worked with me in my previous life and were involved in the > creation of my 1st program. wonder of wonders, they hired me in my present > position to travel back in time and set up a program again at my present > hospital. > Unfortunately, even when you do formal time studies for these clueless > managers, they still don't believe the time expenditure it takes to > emotionally support and empower women. Now that I'm much older and not > necessarily wiser, I find that I can more easily maintain my sanity by > tuning out all the day-to-day crap and just doing the best I can for > mothers. After all, mothers and babies are what we are all here for. > > Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC > Clinical Lead, Lactation Services > Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital > Barrington, IL USA > > *********************************************** > > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > All commands go to [log in to unmask] > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:09:01 EDT > From: Dee Kassing BS MLS IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: breast biopsy > > Karen, you asked about a stainless steel implant left in the breast after > biopsy. It is becoming more common to do this. The stainless steel easily shows > up on future diagnostic tests and quickly alerts the radiologist reading that > test (who may not be the same person as the radiologist who read the > original) that the area of the breast with the stainless steel needs particular care > in reading. It lets them more easily compare what's going on in the current > pictures with what seen in earlier pictures if the radiologist knows exactly > where to look. (Of course, it's not meant to allow the radiologist to skip > looking at the rest of the breast!) > Dee > > Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC > Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA > > *********************************************** > > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > All commands go to [log in to unmask] > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:17:12 -0700 > From: "Malo, Janet" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Time management > > As a hospital based LC time management is one of my biggest hurdles. The > thing that has helped me the most is to go to the shift change report every > morning. I hear about each mom and baby on the floor and how they are doing. > This way the nurses don't have to track me down as I have the same > information that they do. It gets me here at the too early hour of 7 am and > I am available to speak to the doctors while they are doing rounds. I also > have made a "triage" list that the nurses can put mom's name on to be sure > they are seen when it is busy. > > We do about 100 births per month, have a level 3 NICU and have a 97% > breastfeeding initiation rate. I am the only lc and work m-f 7 am- 3:30 pm. > I feel completely busy most of the time. > > 28 couplets a day would send me over the edge! Your boss has no idea what > you do. Good luck, I think the idea of having her shadow you is great. > > > Janet Hoover, LM, IBCLC > Lactation Consultant > Santa Cruz, CA > > mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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