ALACE members receive a special discount:
Basic Midwifery Skills Workshop
November 13-17, 2006
Pre-Workshop Class Nov 11-12
Post Workshop Class Nov 18-19
This is a wonderful workshop to take whether you are just beginning to study midwifery or you are ready to sit for your CPM exam. Beginners will learn the proper way to perform skills and will be great assets to their preceptors. Advanced students will refresh memories and try new skills. Taking this class does not guarantee that you will pass your NARM Skills Exam although all skills are taught to the specifications of NARM (North American Registry of Midwives). Doulas and childbirth educators are encouraged to come. This would also be great for an older daughter that might be interested in labor assisting or midwifery.
Skills Taught In Workshop
General Skills to Include:
Handwashing, Gloving and Ungloving, Universal Precautions, Sterile Technique, Sterilization of Instruments
Maternal/Fetal Assessment Skills to Include:
S.O.A.P. Charting, Basic Physical Exam, Breast Exam and Assessment , Routine Prenatal Exam, Maternal Vital Signs, Skin Assessment, Obtaining a Clean Catch of Urine, Urinalysis Via Dipstick, Determining EDD, Leopold’s Maneuvers, Obstetrical Abdominal Evaluation, Fetal Heart Tones Auscultation, Deep Tendon Reflexes of the Knee, Assessment of Edema, Clonus, Costovertebral Angle Tenderness (CVAT), Hemoglobin and Hematecrit Analysis
Vaginal/Speculum Exam to Include:
Uterine Size and Fetal Age, Papanicolaou (Pap) Test, Pelvic Measurements, Examination of the Vulva, Perineum, Anus, Bimanual Exam
Labor and Delivery Skills to Include:
Evidence of Ruptured Membranes, Sterile Speculum and Nitrazine Paper, Artificial Rupture of Membranes, Basic Comfort Measures, Assessment of Meconium Staining, Perineal Massage and Support, Hand Maneuvers to Assist Birth, Management of the Nuchal Cord/Hand/Arm, Oxygen Safety, Set-up and Administration
Postpartum Skills to Include:
Clamping/Cutting the Cord, Obtaining a Cord Blood Sample, Facilitating Delivery of the Placenta, Assessment of the Placenta, Assessment of Lacerations
Newborn Skills to Include:
Newborn Temperature Assessment, Newborn Suction Techniques, Newborn Pulses, Respiratory and Cardiac Assessment Silverman-Anderson Index/APGAR , Assessment of Newborn Reflexes, Gestational Age Assessment, Newborn Exam, Blood Typing and Metabolic Screens, Administration of Free Flow Oxygen
Advanced Skills to Include:
Drawing Medication from an Ampule/Single Dose Vial/Multi-Dose Vial, Intramuscular/Intradermal/Subcutaneous Venipuncture with a Vacutainer
Managing Complications to Include:
Postpartum Hemorrhage, Bimanual Compression, Urinary Catheterization, Assessment of Pre-eclampsia/Toxemia, Placenta Abruptio and Placenta Previa, Emergency Manual Dilation, Recognition of Respiratory Distress, Basic Treatment of Shock
Guest Speaker Pamela Hunt, CPM from the Farm in Summertown, TN
Carol Nelson, CPM from the NARM Applications Dept, will be joining us to discuss the NARM process and will allow a question and answer session.
Pre-Workshop Class
Herbology for the MidwifeLearn the many uses of herbs during the childbearing year. Class will be part discussion and part hands on and includes making tinctures and salves.
Cost includes Susan Weed’s Wise Woman’s Herbal Book
Taught by a Certified Herbalist
Post Workshop Class
Lactation for the MidwifeWe will discuss anatomy and physiology of the breast, optimal positioning and latch, and some complications of breastfeeding. We will also discuss the effects that common medications have on the lactating mother.
Cost includes Jack Newman’s The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers
Taught by a Certified Lactation Counselor
The workshop will be held and accommodations will be provided at The Farm in Summertown, TN. This is not a Farm sponsored workshop.
Workshop Price List
Cost for Workshop……………….$600.00
Included in the 5 day workshop:Accommodations, 3 Meals Per Day, Book Practical Skills Guide for Midwifery
Pre/Post-Workshop Class……………….$250.00
Included in the Pre/Post-Workshop Class:Accommodations, 3 Meals Per Day
For ALACE members, we are offering a discount of $25.00 per class and for the workshop. That could be a total of $75.00 off!!!
If you would like additional information, please contact:
Diane Fristoe CPM, CD, CLC
1-800-749-0240
seven4him@tds.net
Stacie Hunt CH, CAT
931-629-5043
Diane Fristoe CPM, CD, CLC
Perfectly Natural Birth Services
1-931-724-2297
1-800-749-0240
seven4him@tds.net
www.perfectlynaturalbirth.com
