• Our next Chapter meeting will be Tuesday, October 7th in Columbia, MD. The meeting will be held in the building next to Howard County General Hospital at 11085 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 103 in the Medical Arts Building. Directions are below (from Baltimore) and also this website: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Directions/Howardcounty.html
• Take 95 South to Exit 38-B - Route 32 West.
• Follow Route 32 to exit 17 for Cedar Lane. Upon exiting, bear right onto Cedar Lane.
• Continue on Cedar Lane (approximately 2.5 miles) - after the third traffic light, stay in right lane and Howard County General Hospital is located on the right just before the intersection of Cedar Lane and Little Patuxent Parkway.
• After turning into the hospital’s drive, continue past the Hospital and The Center for Ambulatory Care on your left.
• The meeting will take place in the 3rd building - the Esposito, Mayer, Hogan and Assoc. office
• Parking is beyond the office on the right in the visitors’ parking lot.
• Please RSVP to Claudia Tufano at cktufano@hotmail.com or 443-956-2767 for a head count on dinner.
• National Midwifery Week, October 5-11. Remember to promote the profession of Midwifery! For ideas on how to celebrate, visit the ACNM’s website at
http://www.midwife.org/midwifery_week_planning_kit.cfm
• Chapter Elections:
We finally have candidates to fill the following Chapter officer positions:
Chair Elect: Erin Wright, CNM
Secretary: Anne Seifert, CNM
Nominating Committee member: Lee Ann Walker-Illig, CNM
We still need someone to step up for Chapter Chair, since our previous Chair Elect, Nancy Woods, is no longer in Maryland.
If interested, contact one of our nominating committee members: Mairi Rothman: mairicnm@starpower.net or Jenny Kaye: jkaye1@umm.edu
• Update on the status of our bill, HB 1407:
Mairi will be meeting with Pat Noble and her legislative aide (Shirley DeVaris) to discuss the bill. The first study meeting will be in October and include reps from MHA, BPQA, MD ACOG, BON and MD ACNM, as well as someone from Heather Mizeur’s office to mediate. Stay tuned for more information.
We still need volunteers for the legislative committee. Imagine passing your midwifery boards and actually being able to start working without waiting months for the Board of Nursing to sign paperwork. Sound good? Email Mairi Rothman legislative@midwivesofmaryland.org to volunteer.
• Remember that our profession is only as strong as we are and that we still need to fight for our right to provide women with the care that they want and need. Please see the Resolutions from the AMA below to fuel your fire. Think of them when you are trying to decide if you want to volunteer for our legislative committee, which is battling for each and every one of you. Think of them when deciding if you want to contribute to the Chapter with your time and/or financial support.
The American Medical Association’s 2008 Resolutions included:
o Resolution 204: which opposes the creation of boards of midwifery and calls for greater physician oversight in midwifery practice.
o Resolution 205: in which AMA declares its intention to support state legislation to promote hospital and birth center birth over home birth.
o Resolution 214: which declares that nurses who are Doctors of Nursing Practice only be able to practice under the supervision of a physician and as part of a medical team with the final authority and responsibility for the patient under the supervision of a licensed physician.
http://www.midwife.org/ACNM_Response_to_AMA.cfm
• Job Openings:
o Unity Health Care, Inc., the nation’s fourth largest community health center network, is seeking an energetic, motivated CNM to join our busy practice in Washington, DC.
• Multiple clinic sites
• Diverse client population (African-American, Latina, Chinese, African)
• Dynamic group of 5 CNMs and 8 OB/GYNs
• Full-scope practice
• Spanish-speaking preferred
• Weekends and most federal holidays off
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Federally Qualified Health Center/NHSC Loan Repayment site
Please direct replies to:
Teresa Marchese, CNM, Ph.D., FACNM
Congress Heights Community Health Center
3720 MLK, Jr. Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20032
Fax: 202-645-0294
TMarchese@UnityHealthCare.org
o Director of Professional Practice and Health Policy at ACNM; ACNM National Office, Silver Spring, Maryland
The Director of Professional Practice and Health Policy will provide leadership in the development of resources for ACNM members related to priority professional practice issues. The Director will also play a lead role in overseeing and implementing ACNM’s national and international advocacy agenda on health policy and professional practice issues. We are seeking a CNM or CM who will serve within ACNM to maintain a broad understanding of all professional practice issues facing CNMs and CMs and will use this knowledge to manage activities within our Department of Professional Practice and Health Policy.
Application deadline is October 15, 2008
For more information, contact lkaplan@acnm.org or call 240-485-1800. All inquiries and considerations will be held strictly confidential.
To learn more about this position, visit: http://midwife.org/siteFiles/about/Director_of_Practice_and_Policy_0708.pdf
• Contemporary Challenges in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Women; October 7, 2008; Troy, Michigan; 1 CME credit; please see attachment
• If you have any additional news, please email me at cmarshall37@gmail.com and they will be included with the October Announcements.
Hope to see many of you Tuesday, October 7th!!!!!
Courtney Marshall, CNM
ACNM Maryland Chapter Secretary
• Chapter Elections: We currently need to fill four Chapter officer positions:
o Chapter Chair
o Chair Elect
o Secretary
o Nominating Committee member
Please consider volunteering for one of these positions. The executive committee usually meets prior to each meeting and then attends the four Chapter meetings each year. This is your opportunity to make a difference and help decide the future for Maryland Midwives. What kinds of activities do you want our Chapter to do? What types of things are important to you and your colleagues? Let your voice be heard as a part of our Chapter leadership. (Plus we meet at some great restaurants!) If interested, contact one of our nominating committee members: Mairi Rothman: mairicnm@starpower.net or Jenny Kaye: jkaye1@umm.edu
• Job Opening:
o Susquehanna OB-GYN & Nurse-Midwifery is looking for a full time CNM for a full scope position in a private practice with the midwifery model of care. The practice is located in Harford County and serves a diverse population. For more information, please contact Jasmine Lampadarios (jlampadarios@verizon.net), Karen Schreiber (kschreiber4400@comcast.net), or Lyn Gant (paulgant@verizon.net) or call 443-643-4300.
• Mairi has been in contact with Heather Mizeur’s aide (Patrick) about the status of our bill, HB 1407, which is supposed to go to Summer Study. Mairi will be working with Heather & Patrick to create a task force with the Board of Nursing and the Maryland Board of Physicians. We will need volunteers to serve on this committee. Stay tuned for more information. Imagine passing your midwifery boards and actually being able to start working without waiting months for the Board of Nursing to sign paperwork. Sound good? Email Mairi Rothman @ legislative@midwivesofmaryland.org or Tina Johnson @ legislative2@midwivesofmaryland.org to volunteer.
• Congratulations to all who worked on the ACNM Bylaws Revision! (i.e. Jan Kriebs) The revisions were passed with a 91% majority (out of 889 total ballots). A big thanks to all who voted.
• Please see the attached article that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on April 17, 2008, by Jon Tyson, et al, “Intensive Care for Extreme Prematurity - Moving Beyond Gestational Age”. I have also attached the related cover letter from the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Board of Baltimore County. If you desire to be added onto their mailing list, please email their chair, Mary Beckenholdt, MS, RNC-OB, CCE at mbeckenholdt@baltimorecountymd.gov
• As you know our next meeting is June 25th at Centennial Park in Columbia, MD. This meeting is primarily a social meeting/Bar-B-Q but we will have a short business meeting at the beginning. There will also be live music (a Latin/jazz band) in the park near our meeting site. Please remember to bring $5 for the food or a tasty side dish to share such as brownies.
• If you have any additional news, please email me at cmarshall37@gmail.com and I will include them with the July Announcements.
Thank you and we hope to see many of you at the Bar-B-Q on the 25th!!!!!
Courtney Marshall, CNM
ACNM Maryland Chapter Secretary
Our next Maryland Chapter meeting is October 7th at 6:30pm in Columbia, MD
Maryland Chapter Officer Elections are here! We still need nominations for Chapter Chair!
Legislative Update
Maryland HB 1407 still in the works…Contact your legislative liaisons to get involved!
National Midwifery Week October 5-11. Start planning on how you and your practice can promote our profession! Check out the ACNM ’s planning kit to help plan your celebration.