>>OK, to answer what I believe the question was...at my hospital we have 0
FTE (LC, IBCLC whatever) I'm it.<<

A FTE is a "full time equivelent".

I'm a hospital based LC at a hospital that has around 200 births/month.  We
have 4 part time Lactation Specialists (2 IBCLC's, 1 IBCLC pending, and 1
LE) that equal 2.6 FTE's.  We (try to) round on all moms on the Mother-Baby
unit, as well as assistance as needed there.  We also follow the moms/babies
in the NICU (Newborn ICU) and go anywhere else in the hospital that we are
asked to see a nursing mom &/or baby.  We have an Outpatient Clinic where we
see anywhere from 1 - 10 moms a week for Lactation Consultations.  We also
have assistance from 2 FTEs of RNs and also secretarial help at the
Outpatient Clinic.  The RNs do much of the telephone triage as well as staff
our Breast Pump rental station.
I don't know yet if 2.6 FTEs is enough for our situation (we've been short
due to vacations, etc), but it's much improved from the 1.2 that we started
with 3 years ago.
Lori Salisbury, RN, IBCLC
hospital based LC at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane WA

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