Dear Marsha,
I am so broken-hearted to hear you were actually fired! If I can be of any
help (I don't care about burning anymore bridges there) I would be happy to
support you. I ended my six years there because I could not witness
anymore patient neglect, as if the lack of education, support, and respect
for clients wasn't frustrating enough.
You made much more progress there than I ever expected possible. I know a
lot of times you felt you stood alone within that facility - a sheep among
the wolves. There are so many battles to fight in maternal & child health,
particularly in the large teaching hospitals. Staying as long as you did,
through so much grief, shows your passion for the profession and your
loyality to moms and babies. Your time there was not spent in vain. I
admire your perservance and applaud your successes - yes, numerous
successes.
Remain strong in your faith.
God Bless,
Penny Lane
>
> I wrote last year about the brick wall I was struggling with in the form
> of our local children's hospital physicians (who happen to staff our
> SCN) who are decidedly NOT in the know about breastfeeding, nor seem to
> want to be. I have been walking on eggshells for the last year, with
> just enough support from others to keep going. That's a great deal of
> the reason I haven't been as attentive to LN. It wears you out, that
> balancing act and watching every "p" and "q"! Well, I finally crashed
> and burned (meaning I've lost my lactation job) because I made the
> comment that a mom's milk (a mom who was being put on Trileptal and
> whose >5 lb baby is in SCN) was "safer than formula" for her baby.
> Somehow my off-handed comment to the nurse found it's way the physician
> in charge (not a big fan of mine, remember?!) and she *had* to go back
> and tell the mom that it certainly was NOT ok for her to provide her
> milk for her baby (thus saving the baby from certain harm due to my
> advice!!!). Formally, the reason for my firing is that I didn't check
> this information with the doctor first before giving it to the nurse,
> though my comment and the mopping up that the doc "had" to do were all
> included. I plan to file a grievance and have been saving up stuff I
> plan to include in it. We have no union here for nurses and (according
> to my brother the attorney) our state is a no-fault state basically
> meaning they could fire me for not having the right hair color if they
> wanted to! I still have the option of going to the media with what I
> know is going on, but, as my brother (also a realist) points out, I
> still need a job. Any help or advice would be appreciated. You all
> were a wonderful support last year and I saved several of your comments.
> Many here have pointed out that I'm better off, a sentiment I grudgingly
> share but I still need a job and the moms and babies there deserve
> better! TIA.
> Marsha
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Marsha Glass RN, BSN,
> IBCLC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future
> generations as all other earthly causes combined.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John S. C.
> Abbot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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