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Date: | Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:49:42 -0400 |
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What I find so frustrating is a job posting for a IBCLC position, but you must
have experience....To get the experience you must be somehow working with
moms..But you cant work with moms unless you have experience. I know of
non-RN's who "know" someone to sign off hours, so they can start working.
NOt fair not right. Its not what you it"s who you know. We are all frustrated
whether we are RN's who haved worked our tails off gleaning knowledge from
those more experienced than us, then have someone sign off a co-workers
hours...It stinks. I have had the table turn on me the same way you say it
turns on Non RN Ibclc's. As you said it is about being creative in the way you
get your hours. I learned tons from my friend who is a non-RN ibclc, and has
her one breastfeeding/maternity store. She would let me sit with her (in the
background) while she did her councel. I learned about newborns, to toddlers
and everywhere in-between. I wouldn't sign off a RN who claimed hours the
wrong way. It only makes our profession look bad if he/she doesn't know
what they are talking about and giving incorrect info. There seems to be a
thread throughout all this that disturbs me. Its in the assumption that it is
only nurses who abuse hours. Like you said working in post-partum and
claiming hours when they were giving incorrect information over and over. I'm
sure you have percentages of nurses to non-nurses who use this or you
wouldn't be so adamant about it. I on the other hand have seen the non-
nurse get signed off. They are giving out wrong information, with no medical
background at all. Yes, i know breastfeeding in itself is not a medical problem,
however, if you work in the hospital a nurse or non-nurse should Know how to
do infant CPR. (just a point) They are in a setting where an unstable baby
can turn quickly downhill. Like in a NICU or even a well baby nursery. I once
worked with an idividual who was "getting" her hours to sit the exam, but
never charted, didn't know CPR, brought her kids to the hospital while she saw
pts. Only credential she had was childbirth educator. This is what makes my
blood boil. She had no business putting hands on anyone in my opinion.
People in places of power turn their heads the other way. It is not fair for
anyone to get hours this way. It is not SAFE for any mom or baby to have
someone working in the hospital environment or not with this background or
lack thereof. I don't think it is fair getting hours practicing on someone when
there is no one else their to see what kind of job you are doing. She had NO
preceptor! This person has since left, as no nurse felt safe letting her handle
the baby's.
I just never understood why the IBCLE would say one needs hours but never
set up the education to help us get those hours say by being mentored. I'm
losing my train of thought here, its been a while since I got certified, but I
remember being perplexed by the system. While they want you to become an
IBCLC they do not have a good program/foundation to do that in my opinion.
One must seek it their own education. I found it frustrating and
contradicting. You have to function like an LC, but your not an LC while
getting hours. I suppose I have seen it more often than not the non-nurse,
while I suspect you have seen just the opposite. Either one is not acceptable.
my thoughts,
robin
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