The EngagED Midwife

Cara Busenhart and Missi Stec
The EngagED Midwife

Empowered, knowledgeable, and engaging. Cara and Missi provide insightful, relevant conversations on midwifery topics that will enhance student knowledge and improve confidence for certification. Featuring current research and evidence based practice guidelines, the EngagED midwife podcast hopes to engage practicing midwives to enhance their robust knowledge base and elevate their clinical practice.

  1. 8 DIC

    Fight or Flight? Uh....Flight, Please!

    Send us a textIn episode, Cara and Missi take us on a tour around the body to see what the effects of chronic stress can be on health. From identifying types of stress, reviewing risk factors, listing signs and symptoms, and explaining long-term effects, they break it down to explain how chronic stress leads to abnormally high cortisol levels and inflammation. But, most importantly, Cara and Missi talk about how to manage stess and reduce cortisol with personal examples and advice. #Str...

    48 min

  2. 24 NOV

    We're Getting Midwives--Now What?

    Send us a textWhat's it like to work with midwives when you never have before? What's it like to be a new midwife in a facility that has never had one? In this episode, Missi and Cara share some advice for nurses and midwives that encounter change in their work environment. Pulling from their own experiences and many years of practice, Cara and Missi talk about curiosity, scope of practice, and unit culture in building relationships and a collaborative work environment. #MidwivesMakeADifferen...

    43 min

  3. 10 NOV

    Picking the Right Tool from the Toolbox: Weight Management and Obesity in Women's Health

    Send us a textMissi and Cara get real in this episode, with both sharing personal stories about weight loss, taking control of their health, and the medical implications of being overweight or obese. They share guidelines for the medical management of weight, such as lifestyle changes, support/counseling, and use of surgical or medication techniquest to help people improve their health and achieve weight goals. There is no magic quick fix or one ideal power tool--we're thankful for a variety ...

    1 h

  4. 30 OCT

    Baby, baby...Are you okay?

    Send us a textIn this episode, Missi and Cara are discussing birth injuries--what is common? what is rare? what are the risk factors? While we can't always anticipate which babies might have birth injuries, we can use good assessment skills, identify birth injuries, and arrange for appropriate follow up. This episode will also dive a bit into risk management and documentation for births that don't always go as smoothly as we would like. #NewbornCare #BirthInjuries

    40 min

  5. 13 OCT

    Training up the Next Generation: Teaching Roles for Midwives in Medical Education

    Send us a textIn this episode, Cara and Missi talk with Dr. Christy Evers, a midwifery educator that is experienced in working with OB/GYN residents in a large community-based hospital. Christy and Missi compare and contrast the various teaching roles that they've had in working with medical students and residents. From learning the language of academia...to sharing midwifery tips and tricks...to best practices in debriefing--we hope this episode inspires more midwives to work with learners. ...

    54 min

  6. 29 SEPT

    More than Just the Blues: How to Identify, Evaluate, and Manage Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

    Send us a text**Trigger: This episode covers mental health disorders and discussion of suicide.* In this episode, Missi and Cara discuss perinatal mental health, including mood and anxiety disorders. These PMADs include OCD, posttraumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disease. Cara and Missi share screening recommendations, signs and symptoms, risk factors, and basic treatment modalities. Unfortunately, suicide is the leading cause of death in the perinatal period--during pregnancy and up to 1...

    41 min

  7. 15 SEPT

    No GOMERs Here: Rolling Out the Midwifery Welcome Mat for Triage

    Send us a textIn this episode, Cara and Missi are joined by Dr. Krsyta Ramirez Henry, a Certified Nurse-Midwife that works in a recently developed OB emergency department at a high-volume community hospital. Krysta and Missi compare and contrast the various triage presentations, protocols, and interprofessional communication that takes place in a busy triage unit. #MidwifeLife #ScopeOfPractice #InterprofessionalCare #PatientTeaching #EveryWomanDeservesAMidwife #TeamBasedCare

    37 min

  8. 19 AGO

    Cut it Out (but, actually, DON'T): Perineal Integrity, Obstetric Lacerations, and Episiotomy

    Send us a textThis episode has Cara and Missi reminiscing about the old days of learning, in which episiotomies were more common...unfortunately! Thankful for changes in practice and a focus on improving patient outcomes and satisfaction, Missi and Cara discuss types of obstetric lacerations, the history and types of episiotomies, repair techniques, and midwifery skills to "manage" the perineum during birth. #CutItOut #Episiotomy #MidwifeTricks #Intact #Lacerations #ObstetricLacerations #OASI...

    40 min
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Empowered, knowledgeable, and engaging. Cara and Missi provide insightful, relevant conversations on midwifery topics that will enhance student knowledge and improve confidence for certification. Featuring current research and evidence based practice guidelines, the EngagED midwife podcast hopes to engage practicing midwives to enhance their robust knowledge base and elevate their clinical practice.

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  • Creador
    Cara Busenhart and Missi Stec
  • Años de actividad
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodios
    101
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Copyright
    © 2024 The EngagED Midwife
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