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Midwifery Services of South Texas

Continuing Education – Claudine Crews LM, CPM

Workshops, classes, and other continuing education:

Basic Midwifery Skills (vital signs, abdominal palpation, pelvimetry)  *­ Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation  *­ ­ Fetal heart rate interpretation *­ ­ Newborn screening certification ­ *­  Lab work for midwives: ­ prenatal lab tests and interpreting results ­ *­   Venipuncture ­ *­   Suturing & giving injections ­ *­    Management of complications of labor ­ *­   Management of postpartum hemorrhage and estimating blood loss ­ *­    Emergency Skills (breeches, twins, and shoulder dystocia) ­ *­   Professional Behavior and Communication­  *­  Advanced midwifery skills (breeches, twins, shoulder dystocia, perineal evaluation and repair, newborn assessment), ­ *­    Bringing Healthy Notions of Childbirth into Mainstream USA ­ *­    Postpartum Follow Up - the 4th Trimester  ­ *­     Newborn Examination and Gestational Age Assessment ­ *­     Psychological Changes During Pregnancy and Preventive Psychological Interventions    ­*­  Gestational age assessment of the newborn ­ *­    Emergency transport of the newborn ­ *­   Herbology for midwives ­ *­    Homeopathy for women ­ *­   Vaginitis - diagnosis and treatment ­ *­     Vaginal Birth After Cesarean   ­*­   Prenatal Risk Screening ­ *­      Maternal Physical Assessment ­  *­    Examination of the placenta ­ *­  Waterbirth ­ *­    Drugs: Why, When, Where, and Why Not! ­  *­    Neonatal Complications  ­ *­       Charting *­      Fetal Mal-Presentations ­ Apprenticeships ­ *­        Cardinal Spiraling Movements of Birth ­ *  Physiological Cord Closure ­   *­      Prevention, Management, Support & Maternal Positioning for Difficult labors ­ *­      Backing Out - A breech workshop ­ *­     How to hold a Peer Review ­  *­       Keeping the Faith (in natural birth) ­  *­      Rapid HIV Testing for labor ­  *­      Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy   *­      Pre-eclampsia Community Guideline (based on NICE recommendations)   ­*­  Diagnosing bacterial vaginosis ­   *­    Postnatal feeding and infant's failure to thrive ­  *­      Breastfeeding and reducing infections during the first year of life  ­ *­     Serotonin defects & SIDS ­ *­       Prenatal Vitamins For Mal-nourished Moms [prevent low-birth weight] ­    *­     Correct Use of Fertility Tracking [Sympto-Thermal] Method Matches The Pill ­   *­       Medications For Midwives  ­ *­      Intrapartum Sterile Speculum Examination   *­ ICM Core Competencies for Preceptors   *­   Gestational Diabetes

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