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>Subject: RN/IBCLC
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>From: [log in to unmask] (Karen M Zeretzke)
>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:10:13 EST

>As a non-RN IBCLC, I can tell you that I am beginning to prefer seeing
>moms while they are still in the hospital, where I can send an RN in
>pronto if I have a concern about a mom or baby....rather than when they
>are at home, where all I can do is *strongly encourage* a visit to the
>doctor.  (Yes, I have called physician's offices with my concerns when I
>felt the situation needed immediate evaluation instead of  waiting to
>include the information with my report to that office.  And been thanked
>for calling...*most* of the time.)
>
>BTW, even with IBCLC, a Master's in Education, over 20 years of bf
>counseling experience AND having bf my own 8 children, I was replaced as
>the bf instructor at the hospital b/c I am not an RN.  <waaah!>  I do
>love to teach!
>
>Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC
>Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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>http://www.prairienet.org/laleche/bfcost.html
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