Re: 2/06 ACOG Statement on 'Lay' Midwifery - Long response

From: igold@cox.net
Wed Feb 22 17:48:47 2006


Actually, I believe privileges in the hospital, prescribing privileges, etc. are the same as long as one is a CNM, regardless of training. Ingrid Gold, CNM (12 years of college here) >
> From: eramirezt@coqui.net (Efrain Ramirez)
> Date: 2006/02/22 Wed PM 04:23:28 PST
> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
> Subject: 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
>




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