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    What do CNMs do exactly???

    LibraSunCNM replied to Jordan1927's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    As a caveat to my earlier post, I just want to add this in for clarification: when I said "doctors are surgeons," hopefully you understood what I meant, which was that OBGYN doctors are surgeons....
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    What do CNMs do exactly???

    LibraSunCNM replied to Jordan1927's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    No, we are not "OB/GYNs without the doctor's title." Doctors generally subscribe to the medical model of care for pregnancy and childbirth, whereas midwives subscribe to the midwifery model of care:...
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    U.S. Trained CNM Looking to Work in U.K.

    LibraSunCNM replied to bluezai's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    totally! I was thinking the same
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    California Requires Gender Pronouns

    LibraSunCNM replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    Would you consider a black patient irrational for not wanting to be referred to by the staff at their LTAC facility as the N word? A female patient by the C word? That is what it would be like for a...
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    U.S. Trained CNM Looking to Work in U.K.

    LibraSunCNM replied to bluezai's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I have no direct knowledge of this myself, but in conversation with a former colleague who tried to do this very thing, I learned that it is more or less impossible. The UK allows foreign midwives...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    How is it arbitrary to need cost of living adjustments in your wage as the cost of living steadily increases??? As I stated before, it's become impossible to live on the minimum wage, and has been...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    Would that this were true. Unfortunately, the steady increase in income inequality over the last several decades in this country demonstrates that it
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    California Requires Gender Pronouns

    LibraSunCNM replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    How is he getting lambasted? People are trying to explain what the law actually means, who it would affect, and why it might be necessary, but the OP is the one being aggressively negative about it...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    Advocates of increasing the minimum wage generally do so because it is nearly impossible to live on a minimum wage income, even if you work full time, in most parts of the country, not just because...
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    omg I forgot to give report!

    LibraSunCNM replied to kellicutshair's topic in General Nursing

    How did she have a nightmare? I'm guessing she closed her eyes and went to sleep
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    C'Mon Now!

    LibraSunCNM replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    This really made me giggle! She thought you would have spare bras hanging around your clinic??? Giggling even harder at your last
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    Need advice on a schedule conflict

    LibraSunCNM replied to NurseLove01's topic in General Nursing

    If it's just the one day that conflicts, and after the 2 weeks are up you should be able to easily work around your first job, I agree, just call in sick for the one
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    Asked about citizenship during triage

    LibraSunCNM replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    Right, but being a U.S. citizen has nothing to do with whether or not someone has recently traveled internationally, so it's unlikely the triage nurse asked the question as part of an Ebola screen,...
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    Can I be discriminated against for political beliefs?

    LibraSunCNM replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    You are 100% right. I meant to write the House, not the GOP. Can't believe you're the first one to correct me
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    omg I forgot to give report!

    LibraSunCNM replied to kellicutshair's topic in General Nursing

    I did it once as a midwife, not a floor nurse. I had forgotten about one patient in triage I knew was there and knew a little bit about, but hadn't seen myself yet. The job was insanely busy and I...
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    Can I be discriminated against for political beliefs?

    LibraSunCNM replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    Here are some statistics for you: The president is a Republican. The GOP is majority Republican. The Senate is majority Republican. I'm not sure where the statement "being conservative is frowned...
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    autonomy as a CNM

    LibraSunCNM replied to kenya1982's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Those are difficult questions to answer as I'm not familiar with the working environments of all CNMs everywhere (as I'm sure you understand :)), but I can do my best. At my previous (and so far...
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    Nurse Midwife Questio

    LibraSunCNM replied to Kasstg's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I sure do, but then you will have to get used to "the inconsistency of the working hours." Midwifery is a great profession but it's not for
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    Nurse Midwife Questio

    LibraSunCNM replied to Kasstg's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Yes, plenty of midwife jobs involve shift work on Labor & Delivery, usually either 12 or 24 hours, rather than taking call from home. There are also plenty of 9-5 office jobs, although if you...
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    "Emancipatory Knowing" & Patient Outcome??

    LibraSunCNM replied to Tetra's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed, I'm completely in the dark here. It's some theory that nursing professors use to indoctrinate their students with a particular political agenda?
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    Navy Corpsmen Caught

    LibraSunCNM replied to guest52816's topic in Nursing News

    It sounds like they were working as the equivalent of CNAs, UAP, whatever you want to call it. Plenty of civilian hospitals use aides in the nursery to help out with baths, feedings, and other tasks...
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    Mandatory new parent education

    LibraSunCNM replied to Beeoneacu's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As in, funded and implemented by the federal government? Technically, you would lobby your House rep and Senators to write legislation to accomplish this. Realistically, that has a snowball's chance...
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    Wireless monitors: Monica/Novii, other telemetry

    LibraSunCNM replied to yinzerlabornurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry to say I don't have experience with wireless monitoring, but I just wanted to say your user name made me laugh! My husband is from Pittsburgh and has introduced me to a lot of the local...
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    For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    LibraSunCNM replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm a CNM, and I lurk around the APN and NP boards from time to time for fun because the CNM board is pretty quiet. I've seen it mentioned here that there is no single accrediting body for NP...
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    Moving to Nashville - good/bad EDs?

    LibraSunCNM replied to RBrainRN's topic in General Nursing

    You would probably have more luck posting this to the Tennessee board. I just moved to Nashville and the three biggest hospitals are Vanderbilt, St. Thomas Midtown, and TriStar. All three of those...