Gina Thompson
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You could have me in the office with you as a student where I haven't done any didactic work, I've just learned by situations that came into the office over the last three years.
Versus you could go to somebody else's office and have somebody that completed an outlined academic program with markers throughout of tests and skills reviews and that has been in their apprenticeship for two or three years. Their education level may be different than mine was.
Versus you could go to somebody else's office and have somebody that completed an outlined academic program with markers throughout of tests and skills reviews and that has been in their apprenticeship for two or three years. Their education level may be different than mine was.
Versus you could go to somebody else's office and have somebody that completed an outlined academic program with markers throughout of tests and skills reviews and that has been in their apprenticeship for two or three years. Their education level may be different than mine was.
She may know how to run the labs, what labs to run to diagnose preeclampsia versus if I never saw that come through the office in my apprenticeship and hadn't decided to pick up the right textbook to read to figure out that, then I may not know that. There's new information that comes out, new research, new standards.
She may know how to run the labs, what labs to run to diagnose preeclampsia versus if I never saw that come through the office in my apprenticeship and hadn't decided to pick up the right textbook to read to figure out that, then I may not know that. There's new information that comes out, new research, new standards.
She may know how to run the labs, what labs to run to diagnose preeclampsia versus if I never saw that come through the office in my apprenticeship and hadn't decided to pick up the right textbook to read to figure out that, then I may not know that. There's new information that comes out, new research, new standards.
As someone who's taking care of moms, babies, families, you need to constantly be educating yourself, researching, finding out what the newest recommendations are from reputable evidence-based sources. There's some controversy surrounding what's called the PEP process route to becoming a CPM. You would not have to complete an academic program if you're going through the PEP process.
As someone who's taking care of moms, babies, families, you need to constantly be educating yourself, researching, finding out what the newest recommendations are from reputable evidence-based sources. There's some controversy surrounding what's called the PEP process route to becoming a CPM. You would not have to complete an academic program if you're going through the PEP process.
As someone who's taking care of moms, babies, families, you need to constantly be educating yourself, researching, finding out what the newest recommendations are from reputable evidence-based sources. There's some controversy surrounding what's called the PEP process route to becoming a CPM. You would not have to complete an academic program if you're going through the PEP process.
If you are able to get your skills signed off on by preceptors saying that you are competent and you are skilled in those and you can be a competent test taker and you can pass NARM, then you will become a CPM. And in Texas, that means then you also become a licensed midwife, an LM. So I think that that really needs revisited.
If you are able to get your skills signed off on by preceptors saying that you are competent and you are skilled in those and you can be a competent test taker and you can pass NARM, then you will become a CPM. And in Texas, that means then you also become a licensed midwife, an LM. So I think that that really needs revisited.
If you are able to get your skills signed off on by preceptors saying that you are competent and you are skilled in those and you can be a competent test taker and you can pass NARM, then you will become a CPM. And in Texas, that means then you also become a licensed midwife, an LM. So I think that that really needs revisited.
There are not many professions where you don't have to complete some sort of coursework outline, especially when you're dealing with healthcare and people's lives. It seems like there are too many loopholes to being able to get through quickly, to being able to lie on paperwork, and too many loopholes for not actually having the skills that you say you have.
There are not many professions where you don't have to complete some sort of coursework outline, especially when you're dealing with healthcare and people's lives. It seems like there are too many loopholes to being able to get through quickly, to being able to lie on paperwork, and too many loopholes for not actually having the skills that you say you have.
There are not many professions where you don't have to complete some sort of coursework outline, especially when you're dealing with healthcare and people's lives. It seems like there are too many loopholes to being able to get through quickly, to being able to lie on paperwork, and too many loopholes for not actually having the skills that you say you have.
So there's actually some guidelines on that and they differ whether it's a first time mom or whether it's someone who's already had vaginal births before. The average time, like if you have someone who has had vaginal births before, if we're getting to two hours of pushing, that's pretty abnormal for someone who's called a Maltip that's had these births before.
So there's actually some guidelines on that and they differ whether it's a first time mom or whether it's someone who's already had vaginal births before. The average time, like if you have someone who has had vaginal births before, if we're getting to two hours of pushing, that's pretty abnormal for someone who's called a Maltip that's had these births before.
So there's actually some guidelines on that and they differ whether it's a first time mom or whether it's someone who's already had vaginal births before. The average time, like if you have someone who has had vaginal births before, if we're getting to two hours of pushing, that's pretty abnormal for someone who's called a Maltip that's had these births before.
For someone who is a primip, if we're getting to the three to four hour mark of not making progress with pushing, we're not having a baby here very soon, using those guidelines, that would be an appropriate time to transport for sure.