AOX4RN

AOX4RN MSN, RN, NP

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  1. CNM vs CM?

    AOX4RN replied to Devie06's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm not the OP (but I am a CPM and a nursing student) but there is a HUGE difference. CNMs have a nursing fundamentals foundation on which to build the rest of their practice, CPMs don't (and IMNSHO...

  2. Sad story

    AOX4RN replied to arabianeyez83's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    It might sound the same but it isn't. For example, in Oregon, it's optional to be licensed as a direct-entry midwife. Meaning, you can get licensed and follow a scope of practice and get certain...

  3. Anyone a CNM and a CPM?

    AOX4RN replied to cayenne06's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    The CPM isn't a license, it's a credential. There are many CNMs who are also CPMs and it's more of a "solidarity" thing than anything else. If you're a LM in your state, that's what you'd give up...

  4. CNM vs CM?

    AOX4RN replied to Devie06's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    New Mexico licenses Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) and Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) and calls them licensed midwives (LM). Certified Midwives (CM) are only licensed in Rhode Island and New...

  5. Sad story

    AOX4RN replied to arabianeyez83's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    It's not that they don't have to be licensed, there is no regulation in MI at this time. Big

  6. midwife/doula

    AOX4RN replied to Rachel Lawrence's topic in General Students

    You're welcome and it IS extremely confusing! NARM allows for two ways to become a CPM: 1) Portfolio Evaluation Process ("PEP"; see NARM link), which means the student follows the academic and...

  7. midwife/doula

    AOX4RN replied to Rachel Lawrence's topic in General Students

    Yes, when they do those skills testing and exams they earn the credential of Certified Professional Midwife from NARM, who in turns notifies the state and the license is granted. A lay midwife does...

  8. midwife/doula

    AOX4RN replied to Rachel Lawrence's topic in General Students

    They are not licensing lay midwives (the point I am trying to make here), states are licensing Certified Professional Midwives who have obtained education and demonstrated competency via skills and...

  9. midwife/doula

    AOX4RN replied to Rachel Lawrence's topic in General Students

    It's okay! Just saw an opportunity to educate :) Once I was acting as a doula to a doctor having a baby at a university hospital and she bragged to the nurse I was in midwifery school. The nurse...

  10. midwife/doula

    AOX4RN replied to Rachel Lawrence's topic in General Students

    Midwives who seek the type of education you mention in your answer are not lay midwives, they are Certified Professional Midwives (CPM). I am a graduate of the college you've linked and have an...

  11. 3rd Semester: DONE.

    AOX4RN posted a topic in General Students

    Ahhhhhhhhhh, I'm done with 3rd semester! Whew. Community nursing, psychiatric, and a quarter of med-surg that had the toughest lectures yet. Now, I'm ready to have summer break and make a wee bit...

  12. Cerritos College: Getting into Nursing Program

    AOX4RN replied to Carol220's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks :) I'm done for the semester... vacationing hard as we type good luck to

  13. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    Yep, sink or swim is what the first quarter is all

  14. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    There are power points for everything but you don't have to use them. Some teachers use them as huge clues for the areas of study and some use them for talking points but test out of the book. Some...

  15. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    The recommendation is you're spending 2-3 hours studying for every lecture hour. There is typically one topic for lecture but that might cover a couple different chapters in a couple different books....

  16. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    Yes, you're in once you pass the test is how we (the current students) know it. If 15 people accepted to the Fall semester don't pass TEAS, everyone moves up. Someone in another semester who posts...

  17. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    I suggest you start with vocabulary while studying Contingent means dependent upon which means you've been selected for Fall 2011 as long as you pass the TEAS test. If you don't pass, you don't...

  18. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    Here's review: http://www.testprepreview.com/teas_practice.htm And yes, what I understand of the process is you receive a letter of acceptance pending your successful completion of the TEAS. This...

  19. Cerritos College Fall 2011

    AOX4RN replied to futurenurse310's topic in California Nursing

    You only have to pass with 65% or something crazy low. Don't sweat it. Your Fundamentals tests are going to be 100x

  20. Cerritos College: Getting into Nursing Program

    AOX4RN replied to Carol220's topic in California Nursing

    Our paths will probably never meet due to the schedule we keep. I go to clinical M/T and lecture W/Th. Our lectures are in different buildings and you all in the first semester will be so focused on...

  21. Cerritos College: Getting into Nursing Program

    AOX4RN replied to Carol220's topic in California Nursing

    In the first semester you don't get a choice. Your lectures are on Monday (12:30-3:00p) and Thursday (9am to 11-ish, 12:30-3:00p) and clinical T/W from about 7am to 2pm. Second semester the lectures...

  22. Discipline Against Instructor's License?

    AOX4RN replied to Nikel's topic in General Students

    Is she a clinical instructor or a theory instructor? What was the reason for discipline? My developmental psych teacher had her license to practice as a clinical psychologist revoked all the way...

  23. Is it stupid to enroll in a BSN program rather than an ADN to enjoy college life..?

    AOX4RN replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Students

    Go to UCLA, get the BSN, and don't look

  24. Nursing Diagnosis- NO MORE??

    AOX4RN replied to Rachey467's topic in General Students

    I'm jealous of the 1st semester students in Fall. I'm not sure they will ever learn about them. We, OTOH, have been dealing with this counter-intuitive nonsense all along. I do my clinicals in a...

  25. Nursing Diagnosis- NO MORE??

    AOX4RN replied to Rachey467's topic in General Students

    I'm in a ADN program and our instructors informed us at the beginning of this quarter that nursing diagnoses are history. Didn't give us a date, however. Yay. I hate