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Carolyn Schindewolf <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:57:49 -0400
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I agree!  We receive plenty of hostility from "the outside".  Let's not 
bring it in!  Carolyn Schindewolf, IBCLC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Roots,Rn Ibclc" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: LC vs RN and Visitors


> Hi Pam,  Good post.  Lots to think about.  Don't know if my director would 
> go
> for it but I think its great.  I am an RN, IBCLC.  I just don't want to 
> tear each
> other up because it has happened to many people I know.  Some of our staff
> are LC's only.  Thats fine.  Some are RN, IBCLC, like me.  I had been for 
> many
> years a RNc, with a credential from NCC in breastfeeding.  A hard exam 
> very
> much like the IBCLC.  Once I started my own practice, I sat for the IBCLC
> exam.  Now i work as the "Nurse Lactation Consultant" at my local 
> hospital.  I
> have written protocols on breastfeeding and the need for skin/skin 
> contact.  I
> wrote the crib cards, which I think I sent you about the baby feeding 
> cues.
> So new parents would know when to nurse the baby.  Also, states moms
> preference.  NO staff should be giving a baby a bottle if it is a 
> breastfed
> baby.  It also says things like, I'm learning to breastfeed so please 
> don't give
> me a pacifier as it slows my progress down.. Blue for boys pink for girls.
>
> Anyway, whether a RN, IBCLC or a IBCLC if our goal is the same whats the
> difference?  I was just responding to a post that said RN's do and LC's 
> teach.
> Nursing is teaching in every aspect.  Doctor writes an order to give 
> insulin.
> Who teaches the pt about giving shots?  Anyway, its not worth hurting
> anyones feelings over, and I appreciated the last post from prior poster. 
> No
> hard feelings...
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
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