http://allnurses.com The Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is an advanced practice RN (APN) who is a graduate of a nurse-midwifery program and is nationally certified. Most states require an MSN to be a licensed CNM. Per the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) position statement, Mandatory Degree Requirements for Entry into Midwifery Practice, approved by the ACNM Board of Directors in March 2006, a graduate degree will be required for entry into practice by 2010. The CNM delivers babies in hospitals and homes, provides prenatal and postpartum care for mothers, post-delivery care for newborns, family planning and birth control counseling, and preventive health screening. In most states, CNMs have prescription privileges. en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:53:24 GMT vBulletin 60 http://img.an-file.info/misc/rss.jpg http://allnurses.com http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/would-love-some-440333-new.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:34 GMT Hi! I am currently an L&D nurse. I am fortunate enough to work with some awesome CNM's. I really would love to become one. It has been a long standing goal of mine. I am getting the itch to move towards applying to schools. Frontier seems to be what would work best for me. I think I will be applying within the next year.

I am wondering your suggestions with this.. I am currently practicing PRN b/c there are no benefitted positions. I have been offered a benefitted position but as permanent charge nurse. It is great in the sense that I will now have benefits, however, not so great bc I will be away from births. Of course I will still be there helping the primary nurse, but I will be taking a step away from the hands on part of labor.

This position does have a lot of opportunity to do staff education. So --- I will have an opportunity to promote more evidenced based care on our unit on a broader spectrum.

But ---- I love birth.... and I am feeling almost a big sense of loss by stepping away from being the one there w/ the mom.

However, if I take this position, I will get $$$ towards school. I will also have PTO for when school gets kinda demanding, I can take some time off. But it will be 40 hrs - two 12's and two 8's rather than 3-12's. The position is mainly M-F but I have two office hour days that I can do on the W/E per my boss if I need to for school.

All of this being said, there is a chance in the upcoming future that a regular staff RN position in the near future will come available. I'm the first one to get it when/if it does. The PTO/school $$ will apply then to but it could be next month that someone leaves, it could be next year.

WWYD?? ]]> Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) cnmwannabe09 http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/would-love-some-440333.html http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/what-to-do-439391-new.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:50 GMT Hi, I am one of 3 CNMs currently providing full scope care in a 6 physician practice at one of the... Hi, I am one of 3 CNMs currently providing full scope care in a 6 physician practice at one of the local Private Hospitals in California. Our doctors have started to become greedy :angryfire and now want us to refer our women to them if they become slightly above normal risk ie. mild hypertension etc. Most of these women have transferred to us specifically in mid pregnancy from other offices as well and now our docs no longer want to co manage anything! We bring in most of the business by the way despite having 6 doctors! :yeah:

So, we have decided to find new doctors to supervise us in our practice. My question is what should we do, find another practice to replace our doctors, start our own practice and have the new physicians supervise us and we pay them a fee for service etc., or shall we try to get the hospital to employ us (they have never had any mid level providers on staff)?

Help!!:yawn:

It is very mind blowing to know which way to go - we dont want to jump into another fire ]]> Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) ljl1460 http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/what-to-do-439391.html http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/cnm-advice-needed-436936-new.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:46:56 GMT Hi Everyone,

I am thinking about applying to Frontier's Midwifery program, but I am trying to figure out if this is a realistic goal. I have one young child and one on the way. I currently work 24 hours/week in a postpartum/GYN unit. That being said... does anyone know if you should have Labor and Delivery Experience to do this program. The admission director mentioned that some clinical sites won't accept midwifery students unless they have had L&D experience. Has anyone had any trouble with this? I am also concerned about the fact that I have to find my own preceptor. We have a decent amount of practices in my area, but I have never heard of a Frontier midwifery student at any of the practices. Lastly, does anyone know if you can work part-time and care for two children throughout the program including the clinical portion? I have to continue to work a least 24 hours (12 hr shifts)/ week to have my hospital pay for part of my tuition. I am feeling so overwhelmed and excited trying to figure out if I can make this happen. This is my dream and I was so excited to find out about Frontier. I think it is my only hope of advancing my career unless I want to wait 18 more years ;) Any advice would GREATLY be appreciated!!!!


Thanks ]]> Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) lmazz http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/cnm-advice-needed-436936.html http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/thinking-pursuing-cnm-436492-new.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:55:38 GMT Hi Everyone :) My name is Claire and I have a quick question for you.. I am about 1 month from... Hi Everyone :)

My name is Claire and I have a quick question for you.. I am about 1 month from my RN (fingers crossed!) and I am very very interested in pursuing a career in midwifery. I'm not even sure how I started becoming interested in it, but before I knew it I was reading everything I could about childbirth, breastfeeding, etc. I believe that in this field, hospitals have really over complicated things (of course I know how important they are in emergencies.. but for normal low-risk people..) and that midwives are really the best thing for mothers and their babies. Long story short, it feels like midwifery would be a really nice fit for me.

For some of you that are CNMs.. what are the pros and cons of your field?? Thank you so much for your insight!:D ]]> Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) Aislstarfish http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/thinking-pursuing-cnm-436492.html http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/am-i-crazy-435901-new.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:27:49 GMT I saw this mentioned somewhere and I'm trying to figure out how it works.

When I google all I come up with is uk sites and one in Hong Kong:angryfire NOT helpful

I'm wanting just a 3-4 day course, to obtain some type of certificate, that I can perform basic ultrasounds for AFI, position, fht's, etc. I'm currently a midwifery student, btw. ]]> Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) waterfall99 http://allnurses.com/certified-nurse-midwives/am-i-crazy-435901.html