"Not so far in this hospital.  Just educate the nurses and when they
>don't mind, spank them."  Oh,  please, spare me.  I am checking with the
>California Registered Nurses Licensing Board to see if this represents
>professional misconduct.

Would the doctor like a spanking as well. That is sooooo patronizing. It
makes my blood boil. (Yes Jack I did have a restful long weekend, that's
why I'm behind on Lactnet.) But Jack makes a good point as to Nurses'
responsibility with informed consent in Ontario. It does not always scare
them enough to act but it is a good tool for Nurse managers to use if you
have a breastfeeding friendly Manager. A few incident reports or special
occurance reports helped to slow down this process in our hospital although
we're not perfect yet.

Just when I think that we are becoming a more cohesive group on our unit
somebody tries another approach. The biggest problem I see now is that the
nurses chart "formula or H2O given at mother's request" even if it is not
always completely accurate since they may have talked the mother into it.
Later when I have checked the chart after the patient tells me she doesn't
know why formula was given it is her word against the nurses. Which
statement is legally binding? I would say that the nurse has covered her
butt. (has she?)

Attie