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  1. WHCNP vs CNM

    futureTMA posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    What's the difference between a Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Nurse Midwife in terms of what they do? Is a WHCNP an RN with a certificate and a CNM a more advanced nurse or...

  2. Resources for Birth Junkies

    futureTMA posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I call to order a meeting of birth junkies (insert AA joke here). First of all, brief required reading. I wanted to start a list of resources both online and off for people who love all things birth....

  3. Discrimination in the UK

    futureTMA posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    'Mistrusted' male nurse wins sex bias case The original decision upheld the NHS stereotype that men are sexual

  4. Discrimination in the UK

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Men in Nursing

    Apologies, I wasn't trying to be inaccurate but quick. However, Karen is right but my last post was pretty inaccurate. I should have posted a news link. I did read some articles about his case....

  5. Discrimination in the UK

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Men in Nursing

    Just an update but Andrew Moyhing has won his case on appeal. It's been a ruckus in the UK news. He won 550 pounds (about $900) in compensation which he declined because he just wanted the...

  6. Nursing and Piercings

    futureTMA posted a topic in General Nursing

    Obviously this is done in the same vein as Nursing and Tattoos. After reading through that and the discussion at Disturb you to see a tongue pierced?, I was wondering how many "allnurses" had...

  7. Doulas? Any advice?

    futureTMA replied to janna05's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hi, welcome janna; I'm a nursing student and currently certifying to be a doula. Here's two threads (not long) that convinced me to be a doula:...

  8. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    i wanted to post this to get feedback from nurses. i'm interested in what the "rebuttal" will be. i myself am a nursing student. i post this with expressed permission from the author....

  9. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I haven't abandoned you :) I've been keeping up with the posts and there is some very good discussion and points. I feel I can't comment without schooling or

  10. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Of course, I agree with you. Obviously there are several things to consider, but this makes for a robust healthy person,

  11. a male midwife??? :S

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

    Yes, the media (news, especially) loves to portray us as a broken gender mostly by promoting us as sexual predators. The incidence of female sexual predators (which is rising) is handled very...

  12. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yelclap: Definitely an AMEN to that! The problem is we have different ideas on how to get to that solution. The author isn't being territorial, just questioning why things are done in the hospital...

  13. a male midwife??? :S

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

    Wow, what an epiphany!

  14. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    mitchsmom, when I mentioned that she must be looking at research, I meant that only for that post and not the whole article. Deb has spoken :) No more third person. I should tell you that that was...

  15. a male midwife??? :S

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

    Part of it is what texas-rn-fnp wrote, but the majority of it unfortunately, is just the traditional stereotype. It's pretty accepted that male patients don't mind or even prefer female nurses...

  16. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all the response! I'm a little behind . . . "I don't teach one way to give birth...I educate and give them options." This is a verbatim accepted definition of

  17. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks, rninwch for the information and especially your experienced

  18. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks Deb, you have a lot of good insight, as usual. Obviously, people have some convictions about this and that's good. I agree with SmilinBluEyes in that all people need to be responsible about...

  19. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, many thanks for your great post, Deb. The trust "angle" hadn't occured to me but is certainly

  20. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I emailed the author the responses, and here's what I got back: She also added that she would be willing to discuss this with anyone on her message board. You can PM me for the address. She said,...

  21. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Vanrn, thanks for the insult. I was hoping we could have a healthy discussion without resorting to name-calling and

  22. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    futureTMA replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the feedback, rpbear. Although I can't speak for this woman, I know doulas love nurses that support them and the mother. These nurses are usually highly sought after. They don't have a...

  23. Looking for opportunities to volunteer overseas.

    futureTMA replied to kaleeh's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.shorttermmissions.com/ http://www.iceha.org/ http://www.salvationarmy.org/

  24. Men in Nursing Historical Timeline

    futureTMA replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thanks, ThunderWolf for the timeline. I just wish someone would write a book about

  25. Docs look towards the nursing shortage

    futureTMA replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent article! Thanks for the thread. Well, if you want to see the effects of government on an industry, then look no further than the airline industry. True competition is the only thing that...