A girl made a post about the parenting class she took, where she was given some information regarding breastfeeding that she didn't think was correct. She had asked her mom, who told her something different. So she came on to clarify. One of the other members responds to her to listen to her mother, because nurses really are not the smartest people.
I normally just try to ignore the ignorant things people say, it's the internet after all. But that just aggravated me. First off, no where in her post did she say a nurse taught the class. Secondly, way to stereotype a group of people. Here, let me give you a pretend report on one of my ICU patients, and see how much you understand. Then tell me how "not smart" nurses really are. That would be like me saying Stay at home moms are lazy and that is why they don't work. Ugh.. sorry just needed to vent to people who understand. I don't know why it bugged me so much, but it did.
Specializes in Med/Surg, Neuro, ICU, travel RN, Psych.
Well, did the nurse give her incorrect information about breastfeeding? I find it's quite common for people in healthcare professions to have incorrect information about breastfeeding.
In fact, just yesterday I had it out with the anesthesiology resident who told a woman she could not breastfeed for 24 hours after having general anesthesia. His attending then amended it to 48 hours!
What parenting forum? Mothering dot com? They're pretty anti-medical establishment, by and large.
She was given incorrect information. But in her OP, she never specified it was a nurse, which it wasn't. A nurse actually gave her the correct information. The women teaching the class told everyone that if your milk does not come in by the time you leave the hospital, then you shouldn't bother trying to BF. Which I find horrifying that this is what is being taught in a parenting class through the hospital.
Yes, I know that (I'm an IBCLC). That's what I was arguing with the resident about. He told a mom that she couldn't breastfeed for 24 hours after anesthesia.
Specializes in Med/Surg, Neuro, ICU, travel RN, Psych.
Yes, I know that (I'm an IBCLC). That's what I was arguing with the resident about. He told a mom that she couldn't breastfeed for 24 hours after anesthesia.
I must have misunderstood. I thought you were saying that she actually had to wait 48 hours. I had a bone scan done a few months ago, and they told me I couldn't BF for 7 days. She even told me that I needed to try to not even hold my daughter if possible, lol. It's actually 24-36 hours.
Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
I must have misunderstood. I thought you were saying that she actually had to wait 48 hours.
No, the resident said 24 hours, and his attending then said 48 hours. I told the resident he was incorrect, and she could breastfeed as soon as she came back from recovery.
I go through this at every family function! My aunt (manager at Sunoco) and her girlfriend (IT nerd) wanted me to go to an all women's (no pun intended) college in the area with a BSN program. My aunt's girlfriend claimed that you could never do anything as a nurse if you didn't have a BSN (half-right). Please keep in mind that neither of them have ever had any health care experience nor has anyone in my family or the girlfriend's family. Anyways, I graduated from a hospital diploma program and at graduation my aunt leaned over and asked my mom if I could test to be an LPN now (after hearing about our RN program 100 times throughout the ceremony).
One year at Christmas dinner, I was running late because I had a patient in DIC that I was replacing with the entire blood bank. I was explaining this disease process and my actions to my younger cousin (future nurse) and my aunt just stared at me and said, "Oh, I didn't know nurses could give blood products. I though you needed to have a lot of schooling to do that." Last spring, my gram was having stroke-like symptoms and called me at work to see what I thought. I told her she should go to the ER to be seen and that they would probably do this and that and admit her. Well, my aunt's girlfriend told my gram that it would be best to ask the PA that lived next door because they work with physicians and are very smart. Surprisingly, he said the same thing as me!
I guess after my diploma, BSN, and graduate courses... I still haven't had enough education! Ughhh, some people just drive me nuts!!!
I go through this all the time, I have a sister in law and niece, ones a medical receptionist the other a medical secretary in a major hospital and all they do is put nurses down, I just laugh, of course they ask me 1,000 questions about all their illnesses, I give them the pat answers "out of my scope of practice" let them ask all dem smart doctors
Ugh you have got to love the naturalists!There is a page on facebook called my Ob said what!?They love to bash nurses and obs on there.It drives me insane!And they claim to be the educated ones!
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She was given incorrect information. But in her OP, she never specified it was a nurse, which it wasn't. A nurse actually gave her the correct information. The women teaching the class told everyone that if your milk does not come in by the time you leave the hospital, then you shouldn't bother trying to BF. Which I find horrifying that this is what is being taught in a parenting class through the hospital.
As far as the general anesthesia, it depends on the anesthesia. Generally it is actually safe to nurse once you are awake and alert. http://www.kellymom.com/health/illness/mom-surgery.html