I, too, am a highly educated (in education) but non-medical IBCLC and coudn't agree more with your post, Renee. I, too, won't be employed in a hospital or other healthcare setting and have to get and keep clients by being the very best LC around. My other half of LC work is ironically to educate primairily RNs and midwifes to become IBCLCs.
Warmly and a bit confused greeting from southern Netherlands,
Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL, educator
--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Renee Beebe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Renee Beebe <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LACTNET] discrepancy in IBCLCs
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 11:08 PM
responding to laurie wheeler's post. I am a non RN IBCLC who must comment
on a few things. I have worked my butt off to be an IBCLC, because I
didn't
have the automatic 'in" that an RN has. I've paid all my own
fees, my own
insurance etc, and I'm a divorced. single mom of 2. I am USED TO getting a
good salary as I have a master's degree in education and taught for 10
years.
I am highly educated. I am in private practice and even with 17 years
experience CANNOT be employed in my city because I am not an RN. I don't
want to be an RN. being an RN has NOTHING to do with being a good LC.
You should hear the stories I've heard when I see the mom after the
RN/IBCLC
in the hospital. I'm not saying that RN's are worse than non RN's
or anything
like that! But I have seen that many, many LC's who are privileged to work
on
a salaried basis get to the point after a while that they just show up. If I
don't do an excellent job with each of my clients, they will tell their
Drs. and I
will no longer be able to pay the mortgage. I know I have privileges they
don't have. They often have minutes to spend with a patient. I have as
much time as necessary to take care of the problem. Yes, I rarely get my
services reimbursed by insurance, but let's change that instead of just
hanging in there with the status quo. the status quo isn't working! thank
you
all for all you do in the hospitals. I know most of you are working hard to
make changes in hospitals, with nurses, drs, etc and I know it must be very
frustrating. But just because you're an RN does not make you uniquely
qualified to be IBCLC. In fact i think sometimes it gets in the way.
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