I posted this to the list for hospital LCs. Sorry for the duplication for those of you on that list also. We are having our survey this week :-o and I wanted to let you know how it's going for me. I know each surveyor focuses on something different, so it may be different at your hospital. She only asked me 2 questions, what our breastfeeding rate was and how it compared to the national average. I told her the numbers and explained that ours is lower than the national average, but average for NC. I explained it was due to the culture of this area, but our rate has improved 8% from 5 years ago. She may have asked me more questions if one of the charts she pulled was on someone who was breastfeeding. She checked 2 charts thoroughly and asked numerous questions of the nurses who were caring for those patients. The dietician was there and she asked her questions about how she was notified of a consult, what her response time was to that consult and whether they had 24 hour coverage. Make sure that you check the charts of your patients on the unit the morning of the survey to make sure everything is up to date, signed, etc. Someone gave me some great advice before they came and I feel it really worked. Be confident, don't let them see that you're nervous, and don't run the other way when you see them coming. They always target the ones who act nervous or try to get away. I stayed right there the entire time she was asking the other nurses questions, looking through charts, and touring the unit. As a matter of fact, I was the first one there to greet her when they walked in the door. She was really impressed that all the staff stayed right there while she was conducting the survey. I was not involved with the patient education portion. We had one nurse manager responsible for gathering all the education materials and presenting them to the surveyor. I guess all my materials were OK because I did not hear anything. This is their last day here and they are not visiting any areas I'm involved with, so I guess my part is done. (WHEW!!!) I'll update you if anything new pops up. Good luck to those of you who are being visited soon. Julia in sunny, breezy Eden, NC *********************************************** 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