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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.

Key Features

	Fifteen lactation consultants in private practice describe how to become a lactation 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 abilities that make or break a successful PPLC, business skills for opening a private practice, and clinical aspects needed to operate a private lactation practice.

Table of Contents

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: Realities 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

Appendices

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

Jones & Bartlett, ISBN: 0763710377, © 2003, soft cover, 361 Pages