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Oh, Jeanette, what an utterly frustrating experience for you.  I am sending you cyber hugs. (hug)

Okay.  This has happened.  You feel powerless.  On this occasion, with no time to plan and being boxed in to the situation and the need not to make a scene, you were powerless - but what can you do to move ahead in the future and lessen this sort of occurrence?  You may be able to find positive ways of acting, that will work in your work situation, as a way of managing this overwhelmed feeling and regaining control.  What education topics will create interest and support, without going head-on?  What catering can you offer, even as one-off?  A friend of mine, also an IBCLC, once catered a meeting for paediatricians at low cost (but tasty) and credited it to her local lactation consultant group.  She made a point of mentioning the independent catering, so that it was noticed.

Thank goodness for Lactnet to debrief on, after a disitressing experience.  

Virginia

Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant (original cohort of 1985).
Cultural historian of the History of Medicine.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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On Fri, 18 May 2007 Jeanette Panchula wrote:

It has been a very bad week for me...and today was the Grand Finale: .... The Nurses' Day Luncheon 
.... I didn't make a "scene" during the activity - but later on met with one of
the program coordinators and indicated my dismay - she suggested I bring it
up at the Nurse Leader meeting - which I did.  .... BUT

I was resoundingly scolded for being ungrateful, after all the hard work the
program planners had gone to and... "if you want something different, then
find a way to pay for it!"

Then I was SHOWN how THEY ALL carried pens, markers and highlighters and
THEY didn't have any ethical problem with it...after all, THEY can't
prescribe!

Frankly, I was beaten down and just shut up to avoid a real scene (crying in
frustration)...
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