In a message dated 11/11/0 5:49:47 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<  Jennifer,  this is the REAL problem.  LCs should not be viewed as
"adjuncts" to the real NURSING profession.  Many IBCLCs have no nursing
degrees, but still perform LC work, perhaps even more effectively than some
nurses.  When will a lactation consultant credential be viewed on it's own
merits? A number of the first IBCLCs credentialed in 1985 were NOT nurses.
If an LC is an adjunct to the real nursing profession-- where does that leave
non-RN LCs?   I believe that an LC should stand on it's OWN-- just like
speech pathology, OT or RN. >>

Debbie,
I think I was making the same point. What I was attempting to clarify was how
things are, not how they should be. Obviously, as a non-RN, I believe this is
a whole profession unto itself.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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