Hi Kim,

I do not know where you are located, but we have a 25 bed NICU with 1 FTE
strctly for lactation. We know we are VERY fortunate (I keep waiting for the
budget axe to fall) however she does occasionally help on the maternity side
and with outpatients. In addition we have a triage (observation nursery)
that near term, sepsis workups, respiratory, TTN's go to and she is very
helpful in getting them to the breast if at all possible. She works
day/evening shift and does occasional weekend/holiday hours, but no one is
in lactation 24/7 - just daily/ Our birth rate is about 2800-3000 per year.

LuAnn Smith RN, BSN,IBCLC
Wellspan Health in Central PA





>From: Anita Kim Sweet <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Lactation Information and Discussion
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>Subject: How many LCs for NICUs
>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:35:40 -0500
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>We are trying to write policy to support Lactation support in the NICU. We
>have a ~100 beds, ~70 are level III the rest are Level II (2 separate
>Hospitals). We also cover the Pediatric population.
>We had 3 full time positions and were never able to touch base with all of
>our Breastfeeding/pumping Moms. Covered routinely 5 days/week occ. 6-7
>days/week (8-10 hrs/day).
>Our hours have just been cut to 1.5 full time positions.
>Does anyone have any support  for ? number of IBCLCs:NICU census? What
>ratio do you have in your NICUs? In your Peds departments? Do they cover
>24/7 or less?
>Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
>
>A. Kim Sweet RN, IBCLC
>
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