Response to LC hours: I am one of 2 LC 's covering 7 days a week Hours 8:00 am till finished.(4-5pm) We see all inpatients/do 3-5 OP per week/follow-up phone calls to all moms at 2 days & 2 weeks. Hours are flexible due to patient load. 1.4 FTE's (I am 36 hrs/wk. and other LC is 20 hrs./week. We overlap occasionally. We work at 2 hospitals every day.- total #deliveries 1900 per year. Cover a phone warm line on breastfeeding support. We keep very busy and feel that we have adequate coverage. When on vacation, we have a nurse CLC assist one of us when needed. Hope this helps with your survey. Helen & Linda. busy LC's & RN's, but enjoying our jobs. *********************************************** 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