Every once in a while in the midst of working with a newly pp mom and baby in hospital, I've had/created a teaching opportunity with a nurse whose advise has been less than helpful. If we are working on a latch-on or positioning issue and the nurse strolls in for something else, I try to bring them over to show her how wonderfully they are connected right now and emphasize what is right about the situation - not what advise worked. It's a learning opportunity for the nurse and hopefully, everybody's ego remains intact and valuable information is acquired and the attitude of working as part of the team approach is maintained. Us vs them will never get us any headway and is totally counterproductive. We learn by repeated exposure to what is correct and so by sharing this whenever possible we foster a cooperative attitude and reinforcement of assessment skills. We might even open enough room to dialog about how we approach things and raise this HCP's level of understanding of the breastfeeding relationship and process a notch. It's certainly worth a try. Gretchen Andrews, BA, IBCLC private practice (mostly) Redlands, CA, USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html