Selke

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  1. I Need Some Comfort Please

    Selke replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Here are a few internet and listserv resources: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scoliochat/ http://www.scoliosis.org/ http://www.scoliosis-assoc.org/ There are several scoliosis groups on Delphi Forums,...

  2. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    Selke posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060302/BUSINESS06/603020532/1019/BUSINESS Detroit Free Press, 3-2-06: Doctor shortage prompts Univ of Detroit Mercy to shorten physician assistant...

  3. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think we're on the same page here :) We could have done without the fluff (I think of my nursing school as like high school) and with more solid pathophysiology and pharmacology courses, and even...

  4. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    True -- shortening any educational time, whether for PAs or APRNs, is a mistake. This would be like offering a 5 year degree for BSN-MSN-APRN -- although with the condensed nursing programs out there...

  5. For L&D RNs who are future CNMs: Coping with different model of care??

    Selke replied to lovingpecola's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Here's more on African American midwives, many of whom practiced in the south: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=34416 Anacostia Museum in the Washington DC area has an...

  6. For L&D RNs who are future CNMs: Coping with different model of care??

    Selke replied to lovingpecola's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Check out "Motherwit" by Onnie Lee Logan. She was a black granny southern lay midwife, one from whom CNMs could learn a thing or two. Fabulous book. Peggy Vincent writes about her experiences in the...

  7. Job Discrimination...despite nursing shortage

    Selke replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting you should mention social class. I can have a hard time, if I'm feeling vulnerable, around people who have had economic advantages my kids or I haven't had. I've been around lots of...

  8. NP w/no desire for RN?

    Selke replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think prior nursing experience is more important in advanced practice specialities such as adult critical care, CRNA, NICU - neonatal resuscitation/transport specialty, midwifery. Nursing...

  9. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I haven't researched IL CNM or APRN acts yet -- I'm from Chicago and want to return there after graduating with my MSN in midwifery to live and work. I know the city is progressive, has a base of...

  10. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Another student in my program mentioned a blog of a midwifery student at Columbia, "Belly Tales," something like that, which I found once on a google search. She is a nurse going to MW school. I'm...

  11. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A person after my own heart!!! :loveya: Totally agree with you. Thanks for the blog reference. I'll start reading

  12. NP or Nurse-midwife - sonography

    Selke replied to janna05's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Try a google search of women's health nurse practitioners. They specialize in women's health care, including antepartum. (Sorry, don't know any resources off the top of my head!) Look up the...

  13. Can UK Nurse-midwives become CNM's

    Selke replied to dibleydale's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Doesn't Australia and the UK have a reciprocity agreement for health care providers? I was told by a British midwife that UK midwifery students can have an overseas clinical anyplace that is in the...

  14. My First Birth as a CNM: FINALLY!

    Selke replied to midwife2b's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Congratulations! And thanks for acknowledging us who are still just

  15. Strange Situation

    Selke replied to May_baby's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I was rejected from UCSF for not having my file complete on time, either, for the same reasons - two of my recommendations were not recieved by deadline. I had an interview, too ... basically they...

  16. posterior ?

    Selke replied to jzprple's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for this techinique. I use the fists behind the buttocks, sometimes the bedpan, or McRoberts' (have her put her hands behind her thighs and pull her legs back as far as possible). But I...

  17. Entry level nursing doctorate

    Selke replied to guest27716's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm in a DE program but am a very experienced RN. I have a couple of per diem jobs in the local community. The word of mouth among RNs here is that some of the DE graduates in midwifery are OK, but...

  18. Need some encouragement!!!

    Selke replied to klleo27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wonder why your husband is trying to undermine your confidence? Does he do this in general? This can be a form of controlling you and a red flag to me ... just had to bring this up. OB is a team...

  19. International Nursing

    Selke replied to SJOY7509's topic in Travel

    Anyone know if you need to get a UK nursing license to go to the UK for a student midwife experience? I'm tentatively talking with a UK midwife about spending a few weeks with her this summer (she...

  20. Accelerated BSN - Do employers really care where you went?

    Selke replied to kittypepper028's topic in General Nursing

    CRNA programs require a minimum of 2 year's experience in an ICU, I believe. There is a sticky somewhere in allnurses.com about scholarships ... states have scholarship programs as well. There is...

  21. training for RN First Assist for c-section?

    Selke posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Does anyone on this list have information on RN first assist programs, primarily for assisting with C-Sections? I tried searching the archives here without much luck, ditto with google.

  22. training for RN First Assist for c-section?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sure, go ahead, that might be best. I thought of posting it there, but wanted more people to see it. I have the idea now that maybe midwives who are first assists get their training another way,...

  23. training for RN First Assist for c-section?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    that was a quick reply! thanks. :) this website states one needs several years of or experience, however. i've seen midwives be first assists, and i doubt they have years of or experience. maybe...

  24. Question on Background for Admissions to Ivies

    Selke replied to rigbyk's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Can I ask you all a few questions .... What's Casa? Do you have a website? Do you know where I can go in the CT area for doula courses? I took a few workshops when I lived in CA and want to...

  25. Differences in CNM schools?

    Selke replied to rigbyk's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

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