I think you have to remember that RN pay is dependent on the market...right now, staff RNs are being paid (in some instances) more than Advanced Practice RNs-this is simply a reflection of the shortage of RNs to staff hospitals. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: patyoungz [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: non-RN LCs [bcc][faked-from] In our area (southern NJ) as of 5 years ago the RN/IBCLC I know was getting less than an RN. 20 years ago I was paid pool RN rates (no benefits) as an RN/IBCLC. I think it depends on the contract worked out. I personally feel the salary of an IBCLC should equal the salary of an RN, whether or not she is RN or not. The IBCLC certainly does direct patient care for mother and baby! Would make an interesting study :-) Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This email as well as any file(s) transmitted with it is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s), and may contain legally protected, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the original or intended recipient, then be advised that you have received this email in error, and that any action taken in reliance upon; or any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, storing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender if this was received in error and destroy the message, any attachments and all copies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html