Tammy,
I absolutely agree with Susan. Competition is good for everyone and if
you build it, they'll come.
Patti Gardner, CNM, IBCLC
Wyoming
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:16:32 -0400
From: Susan Hergert <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Leaving Hospital Nursing... now what?
Tammy,
I don't care how small your town is... there is always room for
healthy
competition. And, to be honest, it actually feeds both practices. I
have
been inducting new doulas for years here and it has only helped me
build
my own practice. (I am myself an escapee of hospital politics.)
So, I would definitely not rule out a small private practice, along
with
some volunteering at LLL or WIC or such. Your skills are valuable...
don't let anyone tell you "there's no need for them." Bah, I say.
That's humbug! If it were true your town would have a 95%
breastfeeding
rate and most children there would be breastfed well beyond a year. Is
that the case? If not... you go girl!
Susan
Susan Keith-Hergert
mom, nurse, doula and lactation consultant
Holistic Natal Care * Cincinnati
MMMM.... Making Mothering More Magical! ;-)
http://www.uniquebabyboutique.com/?HolisticNatalCare
>Hi, all...
>
>I'm leaving OB nursing for awhile. My back doesn't like me anymore,
and I'm
>sick to death of the politics. But the hospital environment is also
where I've
>trained as an IBCLC and childbirth educator, and where I've practiced
both,
>too, in conjunction with being an OB nurse.
>
>There's already a childbirth educator/LC in town where I live, and
it's a
>SMALL town. There are no needs for an IBCLC/childbirth educator
anywhere locally,
>either...I've checked. I'll be working full-time at my new job (an
>"Ask-A-Nurse" type of deal), so I won't have a lot of free time,
anyway.
>
>What should I do to keep current? Or should I just let my
certifications
>lapse, and try it again if/when I go back to the hospital? I worked so
HARD,
>particularly for the IBCLC...but there's just no need for me here.
>
>TIA,
>
>Tammy in Colorado
>
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