>I teach childbirth classes at a local hospital, but the same one will not even consider me as a teacher for their breastfeeding classes or their LC work. The other hospital even makes the RN stipulation for their childbirth educators!< I continue to fight for keeping the one childbirth educator of a staff of eight that is a non-RN. She's an outstanding childbirth educator but our medical staff believes the same quality education is not provided if the CB educator is not an RN. I have no reason to get rid of her other than their complaints that she is not a nurse. IMNSHO, I think she does a better job than any of our other educators, who are all RNs and she is the most experienced of us all. A most complicated situation... Just keep sticking to your guns... Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE Birth and Breastfeeding Resources http://www.childbirth.org/bbfr Manhattan, KS USA [log in to unmask]