cnm in progress replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in HIPAA
I hardly think anyone would have even NOTICED if he had accessed all of OUR records, let alone prosecuted him. I'm confident that the celebrity status had a lot to do with it. Edited to add: Sorry geocachingRN... I just finished reading the posts af...
cnm in progress replied to nursey_girl's topic in Ob/Gyn
I don't quite understand the rationale for such high-dose protocols, but not because of uterine rupture issues. A 24 week uterus doesn't have many pitocin receptors, so what are we accomplishing with such a high dose? Even a full-term uterus doesn't ...
cnm in progress replied to nursey_girl's topic in Ob/Gyn
The risk of uterine rupture in a 24 week uterus is really low. Risk of rupture becomes more of an issue as the uterus is stretched to its maximum. That's why this protocol (and high dose misoprostol) are both safe in prior c/s patients.
cnm in progress replied to CNMtobe2012's topic in CNM
Congratulations! You'll love Frontier! I'm in Class 61... just 10 more births to go... I thought I was scared starting the program, but now I'm REALLY scared! Boards... Independence...
cnm in progress replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn
YEAH!! That sounds like an ideal setting! Where is it located? I'm at a large university teaching hospital, and we have tons of midwives, but no separate birth center (which I would love to change!!). We do have a free-standing birth center in our ci...
cnm in progress replied to Heather OB RN's topic in Ob/Gyn
The most accurate way would be for them to sit upright or in a semi-fowler's position. You're correct that if she's on her left side and you take it in her right arm then it is slightly lowered. If she's on her left side and you take it in her left a...
cnm in progress replied to adoptionacres's topic in Ob/Gyn
Definitely true regarding the inability to remove it after placement. As a practitioner, I know that I will pick and choose very carefully who is a good candidate for cytotec for that very reason. I've heard cytotec called cytoblast by others as wel...
cnm in progress replied to MegM, RN's topic in CNM
I just looked at the U. of C. website. Part of their curriculum includes 900 clinical hours. Frontier only requires 675 clinical hours, yet their required numbers of births, labor managements, postpartum visits, new ob visits, etc... is double that o...
cnm in progress replied to adoptionacres's topic in Ob/Gyn
I did a little research, because I've never heard/read that Cervidil can't be repeated. I work in a very large, well-respected teaching hospital that is usually up-to-date on practice standards... and we've definitely repeated Cervidil in the past. I...
cnm in progress replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn
I have to admit, I'm speechless... maybe I'm being naive, but why would a hospital need a waiver for a patient to use a birthing ball? Next we're going to have women signing a waiver to be allowed to ambulate after her birth, or to be allowed to wear...
cnm in progress replied to MegM, RN's topic in CNM
#1: requires you to have l&d nursing experience (to me that implies a certain base level of knowledge required for entrance at cincinnati) not necessarily so. i admit that i don't know enough about u. of c.'s program, but i can tell you that a ba...