Thank you, Brenda, for doing this research. Maybe you can do this again in
a couple of years to see if there is any change.

It's a "hospital thing". I think I'm one of 2 or possibly 3 non-RN IBCLCs
employed in a hospital in the Phoenix area. I believe all of us have a
"Lead" who IS an RN. And one hospital has a lactation dept that is run by
an RN with CLC training & much experience. I have no information if her
hospital expects her to sit the exam or not, but I believe she is planning
to anyway.

Is anyone familiar enough with hospital-style "administration-think" who
can clarify the reasons for this? I believe it has to do with licenses and
insurance reimbursements. So maybe we need to ask the insurance companies
instead of the hospital administrators.

Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ
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> Twenty Four of you responded to my request for non-RN wages info -
> thank you!!
>
> The average salary was $25.81 per hour. Of course, there was a wide
> range - from $18 per hour to $36.77 per hour. Non-Rns on the East and
> West Coast regions (i.e. New York and California, and one Oregon LC)
> made the highest salaries, over $30 per hour. The vast majority were in
> the average salary range of $25.81.
>
> I still think it is a shame the non-RNs with much experience are paid
> $10 per hour less than their RN peers. After all, the LC profession was
> birthed from Non-RNs in LLLI and other outside interest groups. I don't
> know what can be done about this discrepancy - to me it seems that
> future LCs will be soughtout only if they have RN after their names
> rather than based upon the skills they possess. In Phoenix, AZ, we just
> had a fast-track lactation course taught for several WIC staff, and one
> of the participants told me that she was told she would never be hired
> in a hospital unless she was an RN. 
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my post!
>
> Brenda Phipps, BS, IBCLC
 

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