Back when they were doing the "experiment" on whether hours of experience should 
count as much as clinical hours, I had to figure my hours before testing for 
recertification.  It was while I was still wearing 2 hats-primarily postpartum 
RN who was also the lactation resource, but without dedicated lactation hours.  
What I did was:
1 - for 3 weeks, I kept close track of how many hours (by 1/4 hour increments) 
were spent on some form of lactation work (teaching moms , teaching staff, 
direct help for moms).
2 - I eliminated one of the 3 weeks because i had a much higher than average 
amount of time spent on lactation
3 - I then divided the result by the total hours worked to get a percentage of 
time spent on lactsation
4 - that percentage was aplied to the total hours worked for the year (it might 
have been for 2 years-don 't remember for sure)
The resulting number of hours was well above the required number, so I felt 
comfortable that it was reliable.
Winnie Mading IBCLC

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