Dear Friends:
    Esther's post about nurse-brain is very interesting.  Taking the
specifics of one situation and applying them to all situations is a hallmark
of an early learner, a procedural knower (to use a term from Mary Belenky et
al's book "Women's Ways of Knowing"......highly recommended) . I would bet
that we all have done this when we were just getting started.
    The USA is unusual in that the majority of the IBCLCs are medically
trained, and many are nurses. This slants perspective.
    Warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CSTP
Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA)
supporter of the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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