Lisa, I'm sorry you had such troubles with the hospital policies. I'm having the same problem as the hospital LC. So far we've been able to go through the volunteer office - then the student has ID which allows her to go into patient rooms. I then have to provide TB and VDRL test results and provide assurances that the student will be under my supervision whenever she is in patient rooms. This is just a trial - I've only done this with one student and only for a few weeks, so this may not be the conclusion of the barriers - but these are some suggestions to overcome the ones you mentioned. Jeanette Panchula, BSW, LLLL, IBCLC, RN Puerto Rico [log in to unmask]