Hello,

Yes, I have and our administration and nurse manger are about to look at it 
even more closely.  It truly is the first document that I have ever seen 
that addresses this issue. I submitted that along with "pie graphs" noting 
how our current FTE's had been utilized, along with a proposal on how we 
expect to utilize new staff members. Monday is the day it is formally 
presented by the nurse manager in time for the July budget so we are keeping 
our fingers crossed.

As they say timing is everything. Two long time excellent LPN's are both 
interested in transferring to lactation, and both already have great 
clinical skills. We anticpate using both in a "lactation on call" person for 
the first feed, so that even CD babies can be quickly taken back to mom 
while in recovery.

These ladies may not have full certification for a while, but are 
pro-breastfeeding all the way and we will mentor them all the way. I know 
that many lactnetters feel that full certification from our profession is 
the only was to gain credibility, and I usually agree. In this case though 
we have willling, able, and eager co-workers, who already walk the walk with 
their patients onf a daily basis. We are thrilled to think they might be 
able to join us. We hope to see a real reduction in the amount of 
bottlefeeding overnight, just by their presence on the unit and more 'round 
the clock support of what we are trying to accomplish!

LuAnn Smith RN, BSN IBCLC

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