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Date: | Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:13:55 -0500 |
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Most people seem to assume that those who have both credentials were
RNs first and later branched out into (or specialized in) lactation
work. I wonder if there are others out there that came from another
direction.
My pre-motherhood career was as an OT. I stayed home with my
children and let my OT certification drop partly because of the
yearly cost and partly because I wasn't sure I wanted to go back to
that job. I had become LLL Leader and loved it. When my kids got
older, I went to nursing school with the specific idea of working in
OB, especially with nursing moms/babies. (I also considered moving
on to becoming a CNM, but the years caught up with me.) 2 years
after graduating from an ADN program, the first IBCLC exam came
around and I sat for it. So I came to OB nursing as an RN/IBCLC
with the intent of working specifically as IBCLC. It took 10 years
for the hospital to fully develop a program where I am only working
as LC.
Just offering this as another angle to the "double duty"
certification.
Winnie
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