I had a friend/co-worker at a hospital several years ago who was first a
Registered Dietician, then became an RN, then became an IBCLC. A position
was created and she became the first staff LC for that small community
hospital's small ob/gyn unit, but she frequently got pulled from BF to
other pt care: L&D, scrub for a C/S, post-op GYN pts, nursery, pp moms....
she was so well-rounded that she didn't get to do alot of BF rounds!! I
moved across the country right after she became certified and I don't know
if the LC "dept" at that hospital has since expanded, but back then I know
it was frustrating for her to be a few specific pts' "nurse" when she was
supposed to be helping all the moms & babies nurse!

>The good thing about having non-RN IBCLCs in hospitals is that
>administration can not pull this person to do nursing work instead of
>breastfeeding. We had a great RN IBCLC here and she was constantly pulled
>to do nursing work and could never get to the BF patients or had to
> cancel outpatient appointments. She quit and has now been replaced twice
>by non-IBCLCs (not even on track to take the exam).


>Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC

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