IBCLC tips for OB RN/student nurse-midwife

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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Specializes in L&D, PP, Nursery.

Hello,

I have been an OB RN for 2.5 years, now I have started midwifery school and think the IBCLC would be a nice addition to my nursing practice and as an APN in a few years.

I have been looking at Pathway 1, since I work with lactation in a clinical setting (PP and nursery for the first 1.5yrs and more recently labor as well). I think I will be okay on the 1,000 hours of breastfeeding assistance before I take the IBCLC exam in 2013 or 2014, and obviously the Gen Ed is taken care of with a nursing degree but does anyone have recommendations on getting 'distance'/online lactation hours? I took a lactation counselor class as an elective with my bsn, but if I can count those hours at all they still will not total the 90 hrs of lactation. Of course, as a student I wish to keep the costs of review courses as low as possible while still reviewing the 'blueprint' material.

So I guess in a nut shell my questions are:

1) Does anyone recommend a course for online blueprint review?

2) About how much is the IBCLC exam? (it is not yet posted for 2013)

3) Is the exam very difficult for a PP RN?

4) Would an IBCLC be beneficial for CNM?

Answers or comments to any or all would be amazing. Thank you, I know this is a very specific topic.

Here is the IBCLC pathways info for anyone interested:

http://americas.iblce.org/pathways-to-becoming-an-ibclc

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