Mr Midwife BSN, RN

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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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    "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...
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    An Unapologetic Reasoning On Why You Don't Want To Be A Nurse.

    Mr Midwife posted a topic in General Students

    OK, being a nurse is tough. I don't mean the training is tough, I don't mean you'll have tough days, I don't mean that continuing professional development is tough. Being a nurse is tough and you need...
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    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
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    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
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    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...
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    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...
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    An Unapologetic Reasoning On Why You Don't Want To Be A Nurse.

    Mr Midwife replied to Mr Midwife's topic in General Students

    Reading through the comments I'm glad I didn't call this "why you can't be a nurse" only why you shouldn't want to be a nurse. I certianly don't want to play the sanctimonious "you must be called to...
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    How do i make a change from RMN to qualified Midwife

    Mr Midwife replied to Andora23's topic in United Kingdom

    I'm afraid the answer is actually no. To qualify for the 18 month shortened course one of the pre-requisites is that you hold the RN or RNA qualification on the NMC register, the common foundation...
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    An Unapologetic Reasoning On Why You Don't Want To Be A Nurse.

    Mr Midwife replied to Mr Midwife's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the comments and the likes guys. This was written during a lul on a night shift on postnatal ward but hopefully I got the jist of my idea across. I'm hoping that I'll continue to write some...
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    The best excuses for positive drug screens

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

    Yup, I've been sold this one too. http://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/TherapeuticCenters/DrugAddiction.aspx?ChunkID=156998 Is quite a nifty website regarding this but form what I do remember is that about...
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    Will it be difficult to get hired in L&D as a male?

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

    I was actually looking at moving to NYC from the UK a year or so back and did some research into the stand alone birth centres there. I think you would definately need your midwifery accreditation,...
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    Postpartum Hemorrhage drills

    Mr Midwife replied to MKS8806's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I stongly advise looking into the ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) course which was founded by the American Accademy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Management of PPH and MOH is a key component...
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    Men in obstetrics

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

    I've never been able to find any offical stats anedotally the states has very few numbers of 'L&D Nurses' and even fewer Midiwives. In the UK about 400 men have ever completed the Midwifery...
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    Measuring fundal height

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

    The trouble with measureing symphysis fundal height is the huge error margin in Inter-observer reliability, two people can get vastly different results based on their technique and bias. In my...
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    Discrimination against males in the nursing profession.

    Mr Midwife replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men in Nursing

    One did but was told there would be a 50 min wait as was not an emergency so it was quicker to get me