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  1. Top Issues in OB Nursing

    mommy2boysaz replied to agilbert028's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are LOTS of possibilities: High rate of inductions (and potential risks related to), ridiculously high cesarean rate, high epidural rate (pros and cons, risks R/T), other methods of pain relief...

  2. Would you stay?

    mommy2boysaz replied to xoemmylouox's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Even though there isn't a true nursing "shortage" most places, there are still many opportunities, at least in my area. I actually am in the process of leaving an APN role that I've only had just...

  3. No Management Experience - Only Clinical

    mommy2boysaz posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Have 15 years experience, mostly in OB, but also some experience in a couple of other areas. Obtained my MSN a year ago. Interviewing tomorrow for an OB Director position. Do I have much chance...

  4. No Management Experience - Only Clinical

    mommy2boysaz replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Nurse Management

    The interview went well, I think... They are a facility that has experienced a dramatic decrease in their OB numbers over the past few years and I definitely see some potential to turn that around,...

  5. Jump from clinical nursing to education??

    mommy2boysaz posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have recently gone from bedside nursing (almost 15 years) to Advanced Practice Nursing, which I'm finding may not be the right fit for me. So, now I have an offer as full time faculty in a college...

  6. MSN only requirement for CNS?

    mommy2boysaz replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Thanks, everyone! It is obviously a complicated issue. And, I happen to be licensed as a CNM in

  7. Just landed my first interview for a nurse manager...HELP

    mommy2boysaz replied to ANurseDivided's topic in Nurse Management

    I, too, would be interested in a response to your questions! I just had a phone interview for a nurse director/educator position. They want me to come in next for a face-to-face interview over the...

  8. Refuse to administer abortion?

    mommy2boysaz replied to ixchel's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    You have to follow both the state regs and your conscience. Even if the law allows it, you don't have to offer any service you are not comfortable offering. Just tell any patient that requests it...

  9. WHCNP vs CNM

    mommy2boysaz replied to futureTMA's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I know at Frontier, if you graduate with your CNM, it only takes a couple of months of additional clinical hours to be eligible to take your WHNP exam. No further written or book work. I doubt that...

  10. Hours

    mommy2boysaz replied to ixchel's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    This varies so much depending on where you work and how you choose to practice. If you are employed by a hospital vs having a private practice, it will be different. The practice I work with has 3...

  11. Jump from clinical nursing to education??

    mommy2boysaz replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thank you so much for the responses. To answer a few of your questions, Vicky: They have offered to allow me to shadow the current instructor of the classes I will be taking over next term. I...

  12. For full time faculty...

    mommy2boysaz posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If you are salaried for full time, are you expected to spend 40 hours weekly at the school or do you have some flexibility with leaving when your class is done, and doing some of the grading and prep...

  13. For full time faculty...

    mommy2boysaz replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thanks for the responses. I am scheduled to be in the classroom 21 hours per week and will be salaried at full time (40 hours). The remaining hours I will be in my office, I guess. I know some of...

  14. Jump from clinical nursing to education??

    mommy2boysaz replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thank you for your insight. The job that I'm considering comes with a fairly good salary, so that's not concerning me. Do you find teaching nursing students to be

  15. midwives and delivery

    mommy2boysaz replied to LovelyPracticalNurse's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Oh, and by the way, in my experience, it would be a nightmare if docs were called to spend much time with a laboring woman. They are usually not the most patient types and have trouble "doing...

  16. midwives and delivery

    mommy2boysaz replied to LovelyPracticalNurse's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I practice as a CNM in a smaller, community hospital. There are 3 CNMs that attend births here. We come to be with the patient whenever she decides she wants or needs her midwife. If it's upon...

  17. Doing anything special to prevent H5N1?

    mommy2boysaz posted a topic in Emergency

    I have only been working in the ER for a few months now (OB for 12 years before that), so I'm a little nervous about my new position in light of the world's first pandemic in many years! We got a...

  18. Is there a reason why most CNMs don't do homebirths?

    mommy2boysaz replied to klone's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    That's what I was going to say... too hard to find a collaborating physician most places, I

  19. CNM programs with midwifery model of care

    mommy2boysaz replied to NycRN2010's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Frontier School of Midwifery! They absolutely embrace the midwifery model of care and the art of midwifery. Can't recommend it enough. (And I'm a current student, working with an

  20. Will send cookies for good advice!

    mommy2boysaz replied to what2donow's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I am a Frontier student in the Bridge program for CNEP (CNM). I will begin clinicals in the Fall. My preceptor is a Frontier alumni also. I have thoroughly enjoyed the program and feel I will be...

  21. Causes of chronic nausea?

    mommy2boysaz posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I'm an OB nurse, so this is not my specialty. What would you all think of an 11 year old with chronic nausea? No other symptoms except maybe some fatigue, slight dizziness, but mainly just...

  22. I kind of need a hug.

    mommy2boysaz replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You will be in my prayers. It sounds like you are sorely needed where you

  23. breastfeeding gone wrong

    mommy2boysaz replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I disagree with the statement that this couldn't have been a suffocation. It COULD have been. This happened in a hospital that I worked in once. A mother was nursing her baby in the night and when...

  24. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir

    mommy2boysaz replied to kalley's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I agree with the above poster. I read Labor of Love and it was good, but I also liked Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart the best! It just touched me in a different way. Both are good reads,

  25. The elephant in the room - relationships between CNM and L&D nurses

    mommy2boysaz replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Oh, where do I begin?! I have been an OB nurse for 12 years. The first half of that time midwives were unheard of. The second half, our former OB manager became a CNM, jumped MANY hurdles to be able...