Stephanie says, > . I can't believe that there is any nurse that would knowingly > give the wrong information out. I have seen people that may not believe the > information when it is presented as a lactation consultants opinion - again > I think the trick to getting staff to support breastfeeding, is to give > them medically based information. Don't give them one on the sheets that we > would give a mother stating the benefits of breastfeeding - bring in a text > book that has the information. > I think breastfeeding information is perceived by many as "breastfeeding a la personal experience," and/or "this is the way I learned it, so this is the way I will continue to teach it" EVEN after being presented with the FACTS and EVIDENCE that what they are teaching is wrong. Why? Often because "this is what worked for me." All nurses? Absolutely not! Some nurses? Absolutely! All physicians? NOOOO! Some? YESSSSS! Occasionally I even see the same thing in lactation consultants. I've been an RN since mumble mumble (Hector was a pup, at least) -- suffice it to say that it has been many many years -- and I've been dealing with the same sort of things w/ RNs (not all, some) and physicians (not all, some) since I started working in Maternal-Child health in 1972. Stephanie has had very positive experiences w/ nurses and teaching them. That's wonderful. I've had some positive and some negative experiences. As anyone in research will tell you, an "N" of one is nothing more than personal, anecdotal experience. My experiences with health professionals are wide ranging (and not only in maternal child health either), and as I said -- positive and negative. So I will not "tar all HCPs with the same brush," neither am I going to be quick to assume that if *I* am God's Gift to Lactation Consulting in my way of speaking to others that they will all fall down admitting the error of their ways and immediately change to embrace Evidence Based Practice. I'm too old and cynical to assume that *I* would ever have that much power over ALL HCPs with whom I come in contact and attempt to educate -- however brilliantly I do it. Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL Lactation Education Consultants www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** 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