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Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Wed Feb 22 17:22:03 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: igold@cox.net: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on "Lay" Midwifery" Next in thread: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response" Reply: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response" Would the shortest route ( 3 years I believe) have the same privileges as the longest one in respect to prescribing medications, etc… in a pregnant patient and in a laboring one? (”The next step is to get the word "nurse" removed from our title (hence, Certified Midwife). Even for those of us who once were, our practice now is much closer to a physician than a nurse."....Fran Wilson CNM).. I get a feeling that there are lot of differences... Ef At Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Len2976@aol.com wrote: > >There are several different routes that a CNM might take: > >---I took the longest one. I went to a 3 year nursing diploma program, >worked as an L&D > for 8 years, attended a 1 year nurse-midwifery residency certificate >program (in the > USAF), and then worked as a CNM for 3 years. I then earned a BSN (2 >years) at the > University of N.M., worked again as a CNM for 3 years, and then earned a >MSN > (major maternity, minor teaching) at the University of Texas. So that >took 8 years! > >---Others might complete a 4 year BSN program followed by a 2 year >nurse-midwifery > MS program. > >---The shortest route to become a CNM would be through a basic nursing (AD) >program > of 2 years followed by a 1 year nurse-midwifery certificate program. > >Most programs recommend or require some nursing experience, usually as an >L&D nurse. > >The criteria to write (ACNM) boards includes attendance at a program >approved by the ACNM and recommendation of the director of the program. To get this >recommendation, a minimum number of patient visits (NOBs, AP, GYN, FP, PP), >labor managements, and deliveries are required in addition to the approved >didactic course. > >Lenora McCall, CNM -- “ The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian Next message: igold@cox.net: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on "Lay" Midwifery" Next in thread: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response" Reply: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response"

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