I am way behind in reading my posts, but on the subject of nursing students, I just had to tell you ...........We had a nursing student who wanted to do her "elective" with the lactation consultant. Apparently, the Board of Nursing has a deciding "vote" on where students do their elective. This particular elective request to denied............reason: "it wasn't clinical enough" Do they have any idea just how clinical and hands on a lactation consultant is!!!! Rose from Sunny San Diego.