We call this "courtesy status".  Mom is officially discharged, gets no
medications, only a room.  There is a free first night (for bili
babies and abx where baby only needs a bit of extra time) then a daily
rate ($20/night, I think?), or for babes with long-term needs there's
a weekly rate ($100/week?).  And of course the moms are told that if
census is quite high they lose their room.  So really, the hospital is
making money on what would be an otherwise empty room, though somehow
I'm sure they don't see it that way!

HTH,
Michelle Adelewitz, RN BSN

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Ellen Pinker
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This question is for any hospital LC's out there. My hospital has always let breastfeeding moms of babies who have to have an extended hospital stay, stay at the hospital in a room as a non patient. They now want to discontinue that practice. Please let me know what your hospitals do so that I may let my director know.
> Thank you so much!

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