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  1. Will I EVER be a CNM?

    epiphany replied to dinah77's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Are you kidding me? Of course you're going to make it. I've been at since 2001 - September 11 to be exact. I applied to a CNM school once, and got accepted, didn't like it and reapplied allll over...

  2. Positive PPD

    epiphany replied to Fancy Face's topic in General Nursing

    I have a little BCG scar the size of a housefly on my right, and a large nickel sized chicken pox scar on my left - so it was it used quite universally in the africa/asia I suppose. Interesting. Some...

  3. Positive PPD

    epiphany replied to Fancy Face's topic in General Nursing

    You are right - that's some of the new recommendations - "to screen is to

  4. Positive PPD

    epiphany replied to Fancy Face's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm never heard of a blood test for TB. Anyway, sorry to hear - that sucks. However, new infection is likely to get activated in the first years, so it's probably a wise thing to take the INH....

  5. Starting UPenn this summer

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

    I don't have much to compare with, but I would say I learned a lot - it's intense, which to me is a good thing. The program is well designed, but my only complain is that I don't find the faculty as...

  6. Starting UPenn this summer

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

    I can't believe I'm finally here. We've had our wellwoman, childbearing woman, and finally we are catching babies. I have to pinch myself! We are starting of with the usual "boot camp", delivery...

  7. Quantitative HcG?

    epiphany replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm glad it's worked out

  8. Quantitative HcG?

    epiphany replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm a little confused by your management, so I'll just tell you about hCG testing so you can ask the right questions to your provider. Serial hCG - When there is complication such as an ectopic, or...

  9. NYU Midwifery Question

    epiphany replied to moira5520's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I think Zahryia is right about the lack of interest. I applied for the program a few years back but I quit because there was only one other person in my peer group and I felt really lost in the...

  10. Unassisted birth on GMA this morning!?

    epiphany replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Do you really believe that a woman who chooses this option is out to her hurt her baby?. That's the kind of reasoning I've heard over and over again whenever a woman resist the medical model of...

  11. Can I have a kiss???

    epiphany replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see what difference it

  12. Do you circulate/recover your c section patients? More...

    epiphany replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I USED to work when I was in L&D 1. Do you circulate your c sections? Does your unit provide the scrub tech & baby nurse also? yes. both nurses and scrub techs scrub in. yes for the...

  13. What are some US cities where you do NOT need a car at all to live / work?

    epiphany replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    New York City &

  14. Headlamps for OB nurses and midwives... WDYT?

    epiphany replied to ktliz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ...because hospitals are not styled for the comfort of laboring women regardless of best practice? You ARE a genius:p, but you're fighting a losing battle in the hospitals. That's why you're going...

  15. Is the field of midwifery dying in the states?

    epiphany replied to rhiannonwolf's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    There ARE tons of jobs available. Every graduate I know has more than one offer. My clinical site has already offered me a job when I graduate. My feeling is that I will get into a place I like,...

  16. CNMs, how long did you wait?q

    epiphany replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    good question. No. Not all schools require L&D experience. Check with the schools are you interested in. I inquired in two schools, including Upenn when I'm at, and they don't need it. In...

  17. Becoming a CNM and open a practice/center?

    epiphany replied to studentmom2007's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    You made me smile cos you're thinking so far in advance. I too went nursing school just to become a CNM. I've met lots of CNM who works for themselves, or in group, and they do home births. They...

  18. Lost Midwife

    epiphany replied to Belinda-wales's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I know midwife who was like you but took the necessary course/exams to transfer her credentials. Don't let the frustration eat you up and prevent you from doing what it takes. It is annoying, but...

  19. CNMs, how long did you wait?q

    epiphany replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I waited one year, which was one year too long. I thought a year in L&D would be helpful, but I was wrong. ER would have been a better place to learn skills. In L&D you learn how to hang...

  20. Starting UPenn this summer

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

    Hi kristadwn: It is a dual degree. We started in last summer, and the women's health portion ends in this summer. For the rest of us who are pursuing the additional degree, we continue one more...

  21. most controversial medications

    epiphany replied to defeatedcreek's topic in Patient Medications

    As far as I know it was always still approved and used for skin conditions and multiple myeloma inspite the

  22. Movie: "The Business of Being Born."

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

    I'm seeing it soon. Its starting to show in small theaters in a month or so. keep an eye out. The website will link you to where it's being

  23. Definition of Nursing

    epiphany replied to Rosie07's topic in General Nursing

    "The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to real and potential health problems." Didn't understand what it meant when I first heard it, but now I

  24. Starting UPenn this summer

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

    This is to answer to the questions I am getting in my private messages. It's just easier to answer it once. The issue of GPA - I would go ahead apply if I wasn't sure. I know how it can be nerve...

  25. Starting UPenn this summer

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

    Sorry, I missed your question - hadn't been checking. Yes, they won't make you take the GRE, if you score above a certain GPA. check online, the application will tell you exactly what. They told me...