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The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice: The ABCs of Getting Started

Author(s): Linda J. Smith, MPH, FACCE, IBCLC, FILCA, Director, Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre, Dayton, Ohio
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763710378
  • ISBN-10:0763710377
  • Paperback    361 pages      © 2003
Price: International Sales $85.95 US List
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Overview

So, you think you want to be a lactation consultant, open a private practice, and earn a good living by helping mothers and babies breastfeed? This is the book for you! The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice: The ABCs of Getting Started by Linda J. Smith is a user-friendly orientation and guide to the lactation consultant profession for those interested in running a full-time, profitable, and long-term lactation consultant practice. 

Author Linda J. Smith presents her original “ABC” sequential format of essential skills necessary to start a successful practice in three balanced sections: Attitude, Business Skills, and Clinical Skills. Each section begins with an overview, contains a “pitfalls and problems” chapter and two examples of successful private practices from around the world.

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Fifteen lactation consultants in private practice describe how to become a lactaction consultant, tell what private practice looks like, and give specific tips for operating a practice.
Contains sample professional documents, clinical forms and handouts, sample reports to physicians, sources for supplies and equipment, and a client satisfaction survey sample.
The ABC format of the sections allows readers to explore attitudes and abilites that make or break a successful PPLC, business skills for opening a private practive, and clinical aspects needed to operate a private lactation practice.

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Introduction

Section A: Attitude & Acquiring the LC Role: Do You Have What it Takes?

Chapter 1: Overview of Attitude: Do You Have What it Takes?

Chapter 2: Role Clarification

Chapter 3: Becoming a Lactation Consultant

Chapter 4: Pitfalls Related to Attitude

Chapter 5: Advocacy for Breastfeeding

Chapter 6: Realities of Private Practice: Kay Hoover and Diane Wiessinger

 

Section B: Business Skills: Operating Your PPLC Business

Chapter 7: Overview of Business Skills: What Success Looks Like

Chapter 8: Creating A Business Plan

Chapter 9: Legal Considerations

Chapter 10: Financial Considerations

Chapter 11: Hiring and Managing Staff

Chapter 12: Information Resource Management, Computers and the PPLC

Chapter 13: Promotion and Marketing

Chapter 14: Pitfalls Related to the Business

Chapter 15: Realitites of Private Practice: Roberta Graham de Escobedo and Eve Moeran

 

Section C: Managing the Clinical Aspects of Private Practice

Chapter 16: Overview of Clinical Practice

Chapter 17: A Clinical Framework: The ABC Protocol

Chapter 18: The Lactation Consult

Chapter 19: Breastfeeding Classes and Educational Services

Chapter 20: Pitfalls Related to Clinical Issues

Chapter 21: Professional Responsibilities Revisited

Chapter 22: Other Aspects of PPLC Work

Chapter 23: Realities of Private Practice: Patricia Lindsey and Pamela Morrison

 

Appendix A: Professional Documents

Appendix B: Educational Resources

Appendix C: Clinical Forms and Handouts

Appendix D: Sample Reports to Physicians

Appendix E: Sources for Supplies and Equipment

Appendix F: Gift Pack Generic Letter

Appendix G: Client Satisfaction Survey

Index


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Linda J. Smith, MPH, FACCE, IBCLC, FILCA-Director, Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre, Dayton, Ohio

Linda J. Smith, MPH, FACCE, IBCLC, FILCA, is an internationally known author, teacher and lecturer, and proud grandmother. She is the author of 4 lactation text books and has contributed chapters to three other texts. A lactation consultant in private practice, she was a founder of IBLCE, founder and past board member of ILCA, and currently serves on the United States Breastfeeding Committee.

Linda owns and operates the Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre in Dayton, OH, whose mission is "Supporting the People who Support Breastfeeding" with lactation education programs, consulting services, and educational and promotional resources. For more information on the Centre, please visit http://www.bflrc.com

Linda’s Lactation Consultant Exam Preparation Course is the longest-running of its kind and the first to be based on the IBLCE Exam Blueprint. She has lectured to and/or consulted with health professional audiences in the USA, Canada, Malaysia, Korea, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Germany, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

 

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  • "I'm reading the Private Practice  book and am really enjoying it. The sections on hiring, paying taxes and marketing are particularly helpful to me as I set up my own practice. I'm dedicated to building my private practice because I enjoy the ongoing relationships with my clients, as well as the counseling necessary for the days and weeks beyond the initial breastfeeding phase." 

    -Carol Chamblin, RN, MS, IBCLC
    Breast 'N Baby Lactation Services, Inc.
    Geneva, IL

    "Just wanted to say that I received The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice and am finding it wonderful! It's a bonus too, to learn about so many people on LACNET and how they run their practices. Your books are wonderful resources- thank you so much for your support of the LC profession."

    -Kerri Zandberg, RN, BScN, LLLL
    Chatham, Ontario

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