Libekh

Thanks for the replies- My board of nursing is MO and they are very vague on the scope of what we can and can't do. They are also a not very friendly NP state according to the Pearson report with a grade of "F" so I suppose I should send out a specific email to someone on the board. Anyone else out there specialized but still do some primary care?

I am a WHNP who has a job offer at a family practice office. My focus would be to do women's health/ gyn care but my overseeing physician would also like me to see some walk in "as needed" colds etc. the days I am there. I know that 25% of my board certifying exam was primary care and 10% of my clinicals were primary care but now that I am certified I am wondering if I am allowed to see primary care? I feel comfortable enough to take the occasional patient - I am just more concerned about the legality of it all? Thanks in advance!

I used to be a NICU nurse, and looking back I can't believe some of the stuff I saw on a daily basis. What has attracted me to CNM is that it supports birth as a normal process, when the abnormal happens and when things get truly high risk it is handled by the OB's- Also you have to remember that right now your vision is clouded by the fact that you work in the NICU, I remember thinking that if I ever had children they were bound to be premature with genetic anomalies and or delivery injuries and or etc. etc. because I began to believe that this happened to all babies since all of the babies I saw on a daily basis had these things wrong.

I think that midwifery is actually picking up in the states. With the recent documentary the business of being born there has been a lot more buzzing about birthing choices and the midwifery model of care. If you go to the ACNM website when talking about the upcoming annual meeting they basically comment on what an exciting time it is for midwifery as it is really getting acknowledged. I am a 2nd year CNM student living in California but I am moving to Missouri this summer so I think even the small number of us who have posted could make a big change by increasing midwifery activity in Missouri. Now in terms of supporting a family, CNM is not the highest paying of all of the advanced practice options- if I were wanting to make more money I would do the CRNA route, I think NP's and CNM's make about the same.