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  1. Attending births with a CPM

    biggolp posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I am graduating with my BSN next month (yay!) and I was thinking of assisting a CPM to gain experience with homebirths. Someone mentioned to me that it might not be a good idea because if there's a...

  2. DOULA TO L&D NURSE

    biggolp replied to Ehoughton12's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a fellow new grad, a current doula and an aspiring midwife, I believe that Frontier will allow you to use doula experience in lieu of the one year of L&D experience. You might want to look into...

  3. Certified Midwife Path

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

    You're at an interesting impasse and I wish you the best of luck in your decision and then in your studies. I just wanted to point out that AFAIK a PA (even with an OB/GYN residency), cannot actually...

  4. Attending births with a CPM

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

    I was considering one specific CPM that I'd been in touch with before this issue came to light. I will continue

  5. Attending births with a CPM

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

    Thanks! I'll look out for such

  6. Attending births with a CPM

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

    Thank you! Frontier is my first choice school. I've been in touch with their admissions. I will apply there as soon as I

  7. Attending births with a CPM

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

    I am in New Jersey.

  8. Attending births with a CPM

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

    Thanks for your response cayenne06! I really appreciate your input. When choosing my route to midwifery, I specifically chose to become a CNM for some of those reasons. However, my heart lies in...

  9. question regarding applying to Frontier

    biggolp posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I an entering the final semester of my BSN and wanted to apply to Frontier for midwifery. I was wondering if it was possible to apply before graduating or I need to wait until after taking my NCLEX. I...

  10. question regarding applying to Frontier

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

    Yes. I got an answer from Admissions at FNU that they require transcripts from nursing school in their application process so there's a minimum wait of a few weeks after completing the BSN required in...

  11. New Student Midwife

    biggolp replied to Ohm108's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Congratulations on being accepted to a midwifery program and good luck in your

  12. question regarding applying to Frontier

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

    Thanks for the reply. I have read their admission criteria. Other birth related experience can be counted instead. I have been a birth doula and assistant midwife for some years now. I would use that...

  13. MS in Midwifery

    biggolp replied to biggolp1's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Thank you novice! Really appreciate it. I wish you luck on your journey and hope you find a solution to the predicament you find yourself in. I was told that NYU also graduates their midwives with a...

  14. Death of infant born at freestanding birth center deemed a homicide

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

    Thank you, Red Krytonite, for that info. It was

  15. Death of infant born at freestanding birth center deemed a homicide

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

    Thank you for your clarifications! I also looked into that birth center and read a lot from the other midwife you provided a link for. It's really scary! But, the FSBC I worked at was NOTHING like...

  16. You will all probably hate me for this

    biggolp replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree not to post on a board before you have lurked long enough to get a feeling for the 'culture' and to get to know how some of the more active posters

  17. Death of infant born at freestanding birth center deemed a homicide

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

    Thanks, queenanneslace, for your explanation and quotes. I have also seen many babies born with mec in the fluid and no issues, hence my question. I have another question - - the midwife in the case...

  18. Death of infant born at freestanding birth center deemed a homicide

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

    I am confused. The article states: Fisher said it's possible to recover a child from meconium aspiration, but that it requires the right transition, the right technical support.” He added that...

  19. nurse midwife assistant?

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

    Since the job description of the midwife assistant does not require being a nurse, nurse experience is certainly not necessary. The midwife would train the assistant in what she would need to do...

  20. nurse midwife assistant?

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

    Yes! After doula'ing at some bad hospital births, I have called a homebirth midwife friend of mine and offered to volunteer doula at a birth where she felt her client may be able to use a doula but...

  21. nurse midwife assistant?

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

    I worked as a midwife's assistant at a FSBC. I am not a nurse (yet) but got to do some clinical work (taking vitals on mom and picking up FHT, pp vitals on mom and baby, charting, etc.). The job...

  22. What would you have done? Episiotomy

    biggolp replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I assume that it is NOT a coincidence that in a place where doctors do minimal interventions and listen to laboring patients, there is also a low c-sec

  23. L & D Experience

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

    Like MidwifeMinded, I am also a doula and aspiring midwife. I have found what MidwifeMinded said to be absolutely true! I love that being on-call and being in the birth arena has provided me with so...

  24. L & D Experience

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

    Thank you, queenanneslace, for your honesty. I've been lurking on these boards for a while now and have actually seen the shift in your perspective. I seriously considered going the CM route (I have a...

  25. If you decided to be a RN, think again..

    biggolp replied to kate_ibl's topic in General Students

    Go to the forum page and click on the green button that says "start a new