CNM-to-be

I got in having less than a year's experience as an RN in a free-standing birth center. Because of Frontier's connection to the birth center movement, I think that really helped a lot. Also, I had a bunch of years under my belt working in the birth...

The ADN Bridge Program...hands down! I finished the Bridge in May and now I'm two terms into CNEP. I knew I wanted to go to Frontier after nursing school but dreaded the thought of getting my BSN. When they announced the ADN Bridge I didn't think...

All 4 of my childrens births were attended by a CPM at home. I had wonderful experiences each time despite a tricky case of shoulder dystocia, a slow to start baby, and uterine atony d/t a 10# baby. In each case my mw was extremely professional and...

Hang in there, you can do this! I recently found out I am pregnant w/ my fourth child and am due at the end of June. I will be as big as a house when I graduate in May. I am struggling c ms (I had hyperemesis gravidarum c all 3 of my previous preg...

We get one clinical day in the ED if that counts.

I started back this Monday. After a lazy semester of just taking psych (no care plans..yeah!) I'm having a hard time getting back into the routine. I was a little shell shocked when I got the schedule the 2 nursing courses I'm taking: OB/Peds and P...

I'm in the same boat, too. The whole reason I'm even pursuing my RN is b/c I want to work c moms and babies. I jokingly say when I grow up I want to be a midwife :chuckle I haven't done my OB/Peds rotation yet...I'll get to that either this summer ...

:yelclap: I needed that...its been one of those days!

the above is completely uncalled for. it was because of judgemental nurses *edited** that i chose to stay out of the hospital and have my children at home. i am finished with this thread.

from my research i found that up to 43% of fetal blood remains in maternal-fetal circulation when the placenta detaches. australlian physican, dr sarah buckley has some good information on this http://www.lotusbirth.com/doc/feb2003lotusbirth-314.htm ...

Well, I've been reading through this thread and thought I'd add my POV. I have 3 homebirthed boys, the youngest 2 of which had Lotus births. I did a lot of soul-searching and researching before ds #2 was born and chose a Lotus birth for him b/c it ...

I think either way you are looking at the same amount of time for both routes as most RN-to-BSN programs require some work experience. When I looked at my options it boiled down to distance from schools. The ADN program I'm in now is only an hour a...

I never had any idea that other schools do things differently. I was re-admitted to my program this semester so the process is fairly fresh in my mind. I know for sure we did not have to consent to a background check for the college. We did howeve...

Its the same here in NC as well. My college doesn't do a background check but the facilities we use do. Schools might let you sit in class but a clinical site isn't going to touch a record like that w/ a 10 ft pole. As other have said...I'd give a...

I'm currently in an ADN program...I love it! Good luck in your pursuits!

I'm right there w/ you on this one. I love birth so being in a delivery room is no problem but an OR...that's a whole nuther story. I am so incredibly nervous about my AMSU/OR rotation. Its over a month away and I already have sweaty palms thinkin...

I print out the drug profiles on Micromedex. That seems to fly w/ my instructor this semester.

This is exactly how I was taught. All I can say is I feel sorry for that poor pt.

I wouldn't refuse to care for any pt. I may not agree w/ them (heck, I don't agree w/ most conventional medical tx but I digress) but as a nurse my job is to care for the pt w/o passing judgement. That said, I am a Conscientious Objector of infant ...

:chuckle LOL! Here are a few... -when you actually know what the definition of "etiology" is -when you go into a pt's room to give your first injection and the pt says, "have you ever given a shot before?" and you reply, "sure, lots of times...in lab...

I hope you feel better soon! I feel really lousy this week myself...I know how hard it is when you've got studying to do and clinicals to attend. Now go curl up in bed w/ some hot tea and a good book!

I am currently an ADN student but when I finish this degree I plan on pursuing my BSN. Today in post conference of clinicals our instructor told us that if we thought that the ADN program was hard, we ain't seen nothin' yet if we decide to do a BSN ...

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. My instructor insisted it was like boot camp for nurses doing her BSN. It is highly possible she just had a really tough teacher. She kept telling us about the 28+ page case studies they had to do...and do them *p...

I'm like you...in my second semester and I do get nervous before clinicals. In fact I expereinced that feeling at 0630 this morning, lol! I usually get all jittery, in part from the caffeine I've injested but mostly b/c of my nerves. I'm kind of a...

My school stopped letting students practice injections on each other a couple of years ago. We practiced ID on hotdogs and IM and SQ injections on chicken breasts and on manikins. We did IV starts on these pads that have "veins" filled w/ red water...