Dear Listmates,

We have 2 hospitals (in the Berkshires of far  Western  Massachusetts) 
where there are non-RN IBCLCs, North Adams Regional  in North  Adams, and 
Berkshire Medical Center, in Pittsfield. 

North  Adams Hospital's lactation program is very comprehensive, and the 
IBCLC who  provides most of the in-patient lactation care is a gifted and 
dedicated LC  who established a program at this hospital many years ago. 

I am at  Berkshire Medical Center, and although I am an RN, my position 
called for  an "IBCLC- RN Preferred," but was not required. I do not do any  RN 
duties, and actually have to get a nurse on the phone to take a  doctor's 
order for supplementation. We have a per diem IBCLC who is not a  nurse, as 
well  as a Special Care Certified RN who does lactation work on  my day off, 
and every  other weekend. It is rare that she is called out of  the LC role 
to give RN care. 

Just wanted to let people know that non-RN  IBCLCs are alive and well in 
Western MA.

Mary-Jane Sackett, RN,  IBCLC
Pittsfield, MA




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