Right so. Even more, LC is no nursing profession, no nursing skills are needed to fullfill the requirements as written down in the Scope of Practice. There are skills that both LCs and RNs need to master, but so are skills for physical therapists, dieticians, teachers, physicians and many more.
Any knowledge and skills from other professions or jobs can be enrichments for any other profession, but are no prerequisites. I strongly believe it is high time we educate ourselves and other health care providers that LC is an independant profession, like RN, dietician, physical therapist, etc.

Warmly,

Gonneke, non/nursing-medical based IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer in southern Netherlands



--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Jennifer Tow, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 Great post, Liz! 
I am so sad that folks think becoming an RN is part of the process of becoming an IBCLC. We medicalize this profession more and more every day and we do no service to ourselves or the families we care for when we undermine the value of our own work in this way.

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