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Lactation Consultant Schools in Colorado - CO

By Jennifer Williams, allied health world contributing writer
Published: June 14th, 2010

Lactation consultant schools in Colorado are offered in both traditional campus format and in online format. If you have family obligations or work restrictions that might prohibit you from attending traditional classroom education, online universities in Colorado are a great alternative.

In Colorado, you have the option of pursuing either a bachelor degree or a master degree in nursing. Because you do need to be a registered nurse (RN) to follow a career in lactation consultation, most students in Colorado choose the bachelor degree while they are working on obtaining RN status.

Lactation consultant training in Colorado is based around obtaining a certain amount of contact hours to fulfill the requirements of graduation. During this training course, you will work in the delivery ward of a local Colorado hospital and interact with new mothers to assist them with their breastfeeding needs.

While breastfeeding may seem like a natural process, not all mothers are blessed with the simplicity of having a baby that takes immediately to the breast, or with having their milk come in immediately after delivery. So, lactation consultants must be on hand to help stimulate the flow of milk and to help new mothers learn the art of breastfeeding.

Individual school requirements may vary, but most lactation consultant schools in Colorado typically offer the following educational courses and require at least 500 hours of clinical training:

• Therapeutic Nursing Care
• Introduction to Breastfeeding
• Reproductive Processes
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Postpartum Care

Through campus based and online programs, aspiring Lactation Consultants in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Lakewood, Colorado may be able to prepare themselves for the possibility of employment in some of the largest hospitals and healthcare facilities in the state including Memorial Hospital Central, Penrose Hospital, and Denver Health Medical Center.

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