Lactation Consultants are treated poorly by nursing management
Pros
The joy of working with moms and babies as well as all the other LC's are nice and hard working. The pay is competitive.
Cons
Beware working here as an LC! Current shortage of LC's because 9 quit (75%) all for the same reason and several more looking elsewhere for jobs. The problem is poor management based on bullying and micromanaging from nursing management. LC's are excluded from any decision making or development planning. They have taken away our office at Duke and also our ability to self schedule. They try and prevent the LC's from communicating between the different locations, and there is no Lactation Department anywhere in the Duke Health System, it is just the various nurse managers making uneducated mandates about LC's related to work flow, patient care and etc. They do not want LC input nor do they ask for it. Their current strategy is get as many RN's to pass the IBCLC exam and throw them in there. They want the title only, not the experience or expertise.