christine_chapel

christine_chapel

CCU, OB, Home Health

Member

  • Content

    38

  • Visitors

    2,511

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    1

All Content by christine_chapel

  1. Finding support during Frontier

    christine_chapel replied to ibambamama's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I've only barely started at Frontier, this is my first term and I'm taking two classes as a non-matric, so I haven't met anyone yet - no classmates, no faculty. I find myself checking Frontier's...

  2. Do you have to be on-call?

    christine_chapel replied to christine_chapel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    40 hours every 2 weeks?!??!?! Is this for full-time people as well? I just can't fathom turning over half my life to work. I like my job and all, but it's not my reason for living,

  3. New nurse ?- SVE's when closed/thick/high

    christine_chapel replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've had plenty of multips who dilated as much as 6 cm while their cervixes were still very high and at least 50% effaced. When a lady like that makes her move, she MOVES! However, there are plenty of...

  4. Do you have to be on-call?

    christine_chapel replied to christine_chapel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We get paid $2/hr for the time that we're on-call, and time + 1/2 if we get called-in. Bookworm - How do we have a life? I feel as though I have no life sometimes! Because I have to be available...

  5. What do you have to do before becoming a CNM

    christine_chapel replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hi again! The specific program that I was thinking of that lets you in with "just" an associate's is the program at Frontier, but I'm sure there are others. This program actually does NOT award you a...

  6. Pitocin use

    christine_chapel replied to PCmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use pitocin for the vast majority of our moms because of inductions. Some beg their doctors for inductions starting at 34 weeks. Others come in for an induction - "so why are you being induced?" "I...

  7. What do you have to do before becoming a CNM

    christine_chapel replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    You need to have your RN license, first. Then, it depends on the school you want to attend. You will be receiving a master's degree, and will then be approved to take the CNM version of boards. Some...

  8. I Got in to Frontier!

    christine_chapel replied to CNM2B's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hi! Congratulations! Sending good wishes for your daughter. I'm taking a couple of non-matriculating classes right now at Frontier, and will start with Class 61 this summer. right around the corner -...