tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post8403083804805451436..comments2022-03-09T03:58:19.101-05:00Comments on Safer Midwifery for Michigan: "The Whistle Blower Midwife" & MoreMWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04125751490256911705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-36445383395772879402013-10-06T21:14:16.402-04:002013-10-06T21:14:16.402-04:00"I even had the brief opportunity to work as ..."I even had the brief opportunity to work as a birth assistant to a CNM who provides home birth services locally, but learned through that experience that legal care does not always mean safe care." Indiana has since changed their midwife law but this statement by Mindy Wolfe is still valid because it mentions CNMs. CNMs are not trained in out of hospital births but are trained within hospitals in Michigan. If a CNM decides to supervise and offering training for assistants and apprentices toward the CPM credential, is this in violation of nursing code of conduct when the births take place in homes rather than in hospitals...which is always the location that Michigan CNMs receive their labor, birth, and postpartum training? Essentially then, CNMs are training CPMs (who then file the PEP process forms) but were never trained as CPMs themselves. Though in some cases this may be fine, maybe in other situations it leads irresponsibility. Just a question I have been thinking on concerning the CNM and CPM process of educating others. <br /> http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-35299_63294_27529-43008--,00.html<br />To verify if a licensee has ever had disciplinary action [including complaints] taken against their license, go to LARA verify a license website. This site offers information on LPNs, RNs, and CNMs...but nothing yet for CPMs. Also included are MDs, PTs, DCs, Dentists, and other health care occupations. S.E. Blau https://www.blogger.com/profile/02747099618058122476noreply@blogger.com