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Date: | Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:39:52 EST |
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To the following Lactnet post may I say, *DITTO* my sentiments exactly!
>>Furthermore, I think it will only serve to dilute
the authority and respect that the IBCLC credential has. So many
agencies are already reluctant to spend the money on an IBCLC, and
the potential job market for future IBCLC's - especially those not
already RN's - is bleak at best. A lesser credential will offer
companies yet another "out" for avoiding spending the money on hiring
true professionals in the field. As the professional organization
for lactation consultants, I think offering such a credential would
be doing a huge diservice to the persons IBLCE is designed to promote
and support. Until LC is recognized by everyone to be a unique and
legitimate health care profession and it becomes illegal to hire
anyone without specific training and credentials (IBCLC) to lactation
jobs (in the same way that is is unlawful for a hospital to hire
someone as a nurse without proof she has completed her education and passed
her RN test), I strongly and firmly believe that IBCLC needs to
remain the gold standard credential that we (and our professional
organization) promote. I think IBLCE needs to focus first on standardizing
the
training (didactic and clinical) for prospective IBCLCs and work on
gaining respect and value for IBCLC as a profession - separate from
RNs and other maternal/child health professionals - before it focuses
on offering a lesser credential that there is no guarantee will be
used by the agencies it targets.<<
Warm regards,
Pat Lindsey, IBCLC - Lactation Services _www.PatLC.com_
(http://www.patlc.com/)
Pediatrics Plus' Lactation Consultant _www.pedsplus.com_
(http://www.pedsplus.com/)
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