When talking to RNs in my hospital about lactation education and the exam, their first question is "will the hospital pay for it?" If the education is given by a college or university, yes - if there is enough $$ in the budget that fiscal year. 
If by a conference, no. And the hospital will not pay the exam fee. 
They do not pay the RN's State license renewal either, but the RNs value that enough to pay it themselves. It amounts to less than $100 a year, paid bi-annually.
My conclusion: they are not so interested in the field of Lactation as to be willing to finance their own education, much less buy a text book.
That's my narrow, one-hospital experience.
Phyllis

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[log in to unmask]> wrote: I have a different  "take" on this 
re-testing thing. Maybe this is a way to get people out of  the profession 
who should not be there?>>>>
 
curious: if multiple re-testing is an appropriate way to weed out  
undesirable healthcare providers/educators, then why are, for  example, RNs and 
LCCEs not re-tested on a regular basis?
 
 
 
Debbie Tobin
RN BSN
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC  beltway

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Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ.
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