Mr Midwife BSN, RN

Mr Midwife has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Maternity.

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   Show me your stethoscope and an opinion plz

   Mr Midwife replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I recently bought an Ultrascope with switchable heads between Adult and Neonatal. I'm an advanced nurse assesment practitioner as well as midwife and found them really good for doing heart and lung...
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   L&D RN's opinions on doulas?

   Mr Midwife replied to mskate's topic in Ob/Gyn

   All this means is that she is a business person. If you look at the standard criteria for the defination of a professional it needs both a form of regulation (such as medical or nursing boards) which...
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   C/s incision dressing removal

   Mr Midwife replied to GabesMommy2014's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Over in UK our practice has moved towards keeping the dressing on for at last 48hrs, normally with a silver alginate ribbon directly over the wound. Anyone can remove them once that time is up, most...
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   Vaginal Exams

   Mr Midwife replied to Ponchie109's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I always tell my students that at the end of the day what you find on VE is between you and God. I've had reasons for fluffing the numbers in the past but its something you can only do when you have...
5. 

   Mens nursing shoes?

   Mr Midwife replied to BumbleBuddy's topic in Men in Nursing

   In the good old UK NHS we're still tied into archaic uniform policies so I've been told I no longer can wear my Adeba theater shoes as they are white with blue lining because the policy says they must...
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   Does your inpatient OB unit have a nurse educator?

   Mr Midwife replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Pretty much reflected my job description when I was Practice Facilitator, now I'm less involved with the updates and continuing education and more focused on the newly qualified staff and helping them...
7. 

   Curious about formula marketing practices in your hospital

   Mr Midwife replied to LibraSunCNM's topic in Ob/Gyn

   In in a London (UK) NHS hospial who are trying for the BFHI certification. Each year we have to do the same updates etc. In practice breastfeeding support is very variable, some of my colleagues are...
8. 

   Specialty Poll for male nurses

   Mr Midwife replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

   Been in Midwifery (Low risk Obstetrics) for 4 years but had a few sub-speciality posts, education lead, infection liason etc. Before had that 2 years of renal
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   Hit in the groin during clinicals

   Mr Midwife replied to Smith5's topic in Men in Nursing

   I remember years ago I was doing a delivery with the woman in lithotomy and her foot slipped out and caught me full on in the knackers. The husband had already fainted and was sitting in the corner...
10. 

    "Pre-requisite" of being a labor and delivery nurse/midwife-being a mom?

    Mr Midwife replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well given that I can't have children but have had a very sucessful career in Maternity I'm firmly in the no camp. Also I think that being personally removed from the experience of child birth can...
11. 

    Do you mix your own pit?

    Mr Midwife replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the UK every unit I've worked in we mix our own Oxytocin. For Labour and Induction we use 40 units made up in the units volume of choice and then titrated to the
12. 

    Summer 2014 Article Contest: You Pick 4 Winners

    Mr Midwife replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

    Wow, really honoured to be in this, thanks for the
13. 

    Fetal Monitor Risks

    Mr Midwife replied to bear14's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you have seen the term 'risk' used in an incorrect manner. EFM in itself has no effect on the fetus, no more than any other USS device and I've never come across anything which would suggest...
14. 

    Florence Nightingale's Birthday: World's Most Famous Nurse

    Mr Midwife replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm so glad someone got this in before I did. Much of Ms Seacoles work in the war was overshadowed and its such a shame that even today there is controversy surrounding her work and
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    Theme song to your Nursing career?

    Mr Midwife replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Feuer Frei from Rammstein's Mutter album - only becasue I have a recurring fantasy of having a no holds barred fight on my ward and using the equipment (Medical, Computers, desks and chairs) and...