Course curriculum

  • 1

    1. Guidelines, Expectations and Resources in Midwifery

    • Guidelines, Communication and Resources

    • MFS- Communication, Expectations and Resources Slide Show PDF

    • Necessary Spiels and Handouts

    • MFS practitioner referrals pdf
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    2. CEU's-Sensitive, Holistic Miscarriage Management -

    • Miscarriage PDF

    • Lecture: Miscarriage Management

    • Miscarriage Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Miscarriage Management Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Miscarriage Bibliography
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    3. CEU's-Thyroid Testing, Treatment and Referral

    • Thyroid Slide Show PDF

    • Lecture 1: How The Thyroid Works

    • Lecture 2: Thyroid symptoms and testing

    • Lecture 3: Thyroid Changes in Pregnancy

    • Lecture 4: Thyroid support

    • thyroid protocols cheat sheet

    • Thyroid Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Thyroid Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Thyroid Bibliography
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    4. Progesterone Testing

    • Lecture: Progesterone Testing

    • Progesterone Slide Show PDF
  • 5

    5. CEU's-MTHFR and Homocysteine Testing and Treatment

    • Lecture: MTHFR

    • MTHFR slide show PDF

    • MTHFR treatment

    • High SAH or homocysteine treatment

    • MTHFR quiz - Required for CEUs

    • MTHFR and Homocysteine Survey - Required for CEUs

    • MTHFR Bibliography
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    5. Prenatal Charts and Paperwork - DOCUMENTS ONLY

    • Checklist

    • History

    • Prenatal Flow Chart

    • Zika Screening Tool

    • Pediatrician Summary of Care
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    6. 30 week Handouts - DOCUMENTS ONLY

    • Preparing Your Birth Supplies

    • Postpartum Instructions 

    • NEWBORN EYE TREATMENT

    • IF THE MIDWIFE DOESN’T MAKE IT FOR THE BIRTH

    • Home Visit Sheet

    • Oral Vitamin K

    • Signs of Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

    • Birth Tub Preparation

    • Laborade Recipe
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    7. Prenatal Care

    • Lecture: Prenatal Education and Preventing Birth Trauma

    • Lecture: Prenatal Intake and Testing

    • Lecture: Pregnancy Discomforts

    • Lecture: Pregnancy Issues

    • Prenatal Discomforts and Issues Slide Show PDF

    • GBS informed consent/refusal

    • UTI handout

    • Basic pregnancy nutrition and food safety

    • Signs and Symptoms of Uterine Rupture

    • Nausea

    • Gall Sludge Management

    • Cold or Flu remedies in Pregnancy

    • Hemorrhoids

    • Anemia

    • Heartburn

    • Ultrasound Declination

    • Calcium Tea Recipe

    • Danger Signs in Pregnancy

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    8. CEU's-Supplements to Support Blood Sugar in GDM

    • Gestational Diabetes Explained Handout

    • GDM Testing Declination Form

    • GDM Test Instructions

    • GDM guidance after diagnosis

    • Slide Show PDF: Supplementation for Blood Sugar Management in GDM

    • Lecture: Supplementation for Blood Sugar Management in GDM

    • Supplementation for Blood Sugar Management Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Supplementation for Blood Sugar Management Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Supplementation for Blood Sugar Management in GDM Bibliography
  • 10

    8. Hyperemesis Gravidarum

    • hyperemesis mfs 2021

    • Slide Show PDF - Pregnancy Discomforts and Issues
  • 11

    9. Pre Eclampsia and Cholestasis

    • preE and cholestasis

    • Cholestasis Management
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    10. *CEU* Foley Balloon Catheter for Cervical Ripening 0.5 MEAC contact hours

    • Foley Balloon Slide Show PDF

    • Foley Balloon Catheter for Cervical Ripening

    • Foley Balloon Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Foley Balloon Survey- Required for CEUs

    • Foley Balloon Bibliography
  • 13

    11. Labor

    • Lecture: Labor, Retained Placenta and Vaginal Seeding

    • Labor Slide Show PDF
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    12. CEU's- Perinatal Mood Disorders

    • Perinatal Mood Disorder Slide Show PDF

    • Lecture: Perinatal Mood Disorders

    • Perinatal Mood Disorder Support

    • Perinatal Mood Disorder Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Perinatal Mood Disorder Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Perinatal Mood Disorder Support Bibliography
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    13. Postpartum

    • Immediate Postpartum

    • postpartum follow up and pelvic floor dysfunction

    • Cesarean Scar Treatment

    • Vaginal Steam Instructions for Postpartum

    • Postpartum: Fertility and Family Planning Options

    • Postpartum: Resuming Sexuality

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    14. The Newborn

    • Lecture: Newborn Breathing

    • Lecture: Baby Follow Up

    • The Newborn Slide Show PDF

    • SIDS handout

    • Safe Co-Sleeping Handout
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    16. CEU's- Continuity of Care: The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/ChestFeeding Intervention

    • Mastitis and Plugged Ducts Handout

    • Continuity of Care, The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/Chestfeeding Intervention Slide Show PDF

    • Lecture: Continuity of Care, The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/Chestfeeding Intervention

    • Continuity of Care, The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/Chestfeeding Intervention Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Continuity of Care, The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/Chestfeeding Intervention Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Continuity of Care, The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/Chestfeeding Intervention

    • Continuity of Care: The Midwife's Role in Early Breast/Chestfeeding Intervention Bibliography
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    16. CEU's-Menses as the 5th Vital Sign

    • Menses as the 5th Vital Sign Slide Show PDF

    • Normal Periods and Painful Periods

    • Heavy, short, and long periods

    • PCOS

    • Fibroids

    • Endometriosis

    • Bacterial Vaginosis

    • Yeast Infections

    • Pelvic Exams

    • Yeast Infection Handout

    • Menses a the 5th Vital Sign Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Menses as the 5th Vital Sign Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Menses as the 5th Vital Sign Bibliography

    • Endometriosis help

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    17. CEU's-Stress Management for Birth Workers

    • Stress Mitigation PDF Slide Show

    • Stress Mitigation For Birth Workers

    • Stress Mitigation for Birth Workers Quiz - Required for CEUs

    • Stress Mitigation Survey - Required for CEUs

    • Stress Mitigation for Birth Workers Bibliography