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Now everyone can learn the HOWS of Midwifery, no matter where they live!

These workshops providing essential exposure to important midwifery skills using models, simulators.

Class participation and lots of hands-on practice are appropriate for students at all levels.

Our goal is to provide a way to bridge the gap between book learning and actual practice of these important skills.

We recognize a need for students to have hands-on experience of these skills in order to build confidence and gain a better understanding of material learned. While these intensives can not take the place of an apprenticeship, they will make students more valuable to midwives who are looking for apprentices.

Over 50 skills covered hands-on.
Hands-on practice of each skill taught.
Classes limited to 12 students maximum per workshop.
Certificates of Completion awarded.
Training in Prenatal, Labor, Birth, Postpartum and Diagnostic skills.
Students may receive CEU credits from some schools.
Airport pickup and return from Sacramento Airport.
Student Workbook included.
Daily lunch and snacks provided. (Vegetarian choices available.)

Week-long Intensive Retreat - $975.00
(lodging is not included)


Contact us for recommended hotels, rates and information
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Our WorkShops - Skills List

This week-long retreat covers the following skills "hands-on"
and offers a relaxed, fun and safe way to practice these skills.

Session #1 - Pre-Natal Skill

Gestational Wheel

Weight

Blood Pressure

Pulse

Temperature

Fetal Heart Tone

Breast Exam

Palpation

Fundal Measurement

Filling in Patient Charts

Urine Testing

Protein and Glucose


Session #2 - Labor Skills

Comfort Measures

Labor Positions

Slow Labor

"Tricks"and Herbs

Ruptured Membranes

Using Nitrazine Paper

Putting On Gloves

Using A Speculum

Vaginal Exams

Effacement and Dilation

Presentations

Fontanelles and Suture Lines


Session #3 - Delivery Skills

Perineal Massage and Support

Birth Positions

Setting up for Birth

Using a Bulb Syringe & Delee

Delivery of Baby

Getting Baby Started

Keeping Baby Warm

Clamping the Cord

Delivery of Placenta

Breech Delivery

Shoulder Dystocia

Nuchal Cord


Session #4 - Postpartum Skills

Estimating Blood Loss

Assessment of Lacerations

Examining the Placenta

Immediate Postpartum

Fundal Massage

Newborn Exams

Weighing

Measuring

APGAR Score

Assistance with Breast Feeding Techniques


Session #5 - Additional Skills

Pelvimetry

Meconium Staining

Injections

Drawing up Meds

Blood Drawing

Starting an I.V.

Basic Suturing

Suturing Alternitives

Blood Typing

Click Here for Available Weeks!


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