I do not know much about Haiti. I have a few questions.
I am pursuing my Master's in Nursing in Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery. I also plan to be returning to Santiago when my oldest goes to college in 2012. In speaking with my school due to the fact the classes are online, the biggest obstacle to my obtaining this goal while living in DR are my clinicals. I need to have at least 500 hours of clinicals in the 2 year period (these 500 hours being health promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling,providing primary care to childbearing women, prenatal care, and also need to be the primary caregiver (midwife) for at least 50 births under the supervision of a Certified Midwife and/or Physician.
There is an organization in Haiti called MamaBaby Haiti that employs 2 MDs, some CNMs, and has student Midwives, and Volunteer Midwives. I have contacted them by email and am awaiting a reply. My questions are...
1.) The clinic is located in Carrefour Morne Rouge in Northern Haiti near Cap Haitien. It is stated on their website that some of the students or volunteers catch a plane to STI and then take Caribe Tours bus to Cap Haitien. How long is this bus ride? Is it feasible to go for a day and come back, since I will be living in Santiago?
2.) How dangerous is Haiti, is it equal to DR? Everyone told me DR was dangerous and I lived there without any (Big) incidents. Knock on wood. My biggest fear is being kidnapped and held for ransom as my family does not have money to pay for me and I have cursed most of them out at one point or another, I am not sure that they WOULD pay for me. :squareeye:ermm::squareeye
3.) Anyone know of any other organizations that I can look into for experience as a student Midwife? Are there any DR doctors that are willing to have a student Midwife with them occasional (since DR does not recognize Midwives). My school does not approve MDs as clinical preceptors but I could shadow one on my own time just to get more experience. I am starting from scratch because all of the babies that I have delivered as a RN do not count.
I think that that is all right now. My school has no time frame on clinicals so I can do them whenever I want as long as at least 500 hours and 50 births are documented in your 2 years. I will only be working 1 week out of 5 so I will have 4 weeks doing nothing in Santiago when my kids are in school. I was hoping that maybe one day a week I could catch the bus to the organization for 8 or 10 hour clinical training and come home the same day. But I don't know how long or far the trip is.
Any insight is appreciated. Thanks
SHALENA
I am pursuing my Master's in Nursing in Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery. I also plan to be returning to Santiago when my oldest goes to college in 2012. In speaking with my school due to the fact the classes are online, the biggest obstacle to my obtaining this goal while living in DR are my clinicals. I need to have at least 500 hours of clinicals in the 2 year period (these 500 hours being health promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling,providing primary care to childbearing women, prenatal care, and also need to be the primary caregiver (midwife) for at least 50 births under the supervision of a Certified Midwife and/or Physician.
There is an organization in Haiti called MamaBaby Haiti that employs 2 MDs, some CNMs, and has student Midwives, and Volunteer Midwives. I have contacted them by email and am awaiting a reply. My questions are...
1.) The clinic is located in Carrefour Morne Rouge in Northern Haiti near Cap Haitien. It is stated on their website that some of the students or volunteers catch a plane to STI and then take Caribe Tours bus to Cap Haitien. How long is this bus ride? Is it feasible to go for a day and come back, since I will be living in Santiago?
2.) How dangerous is Haiti, is it equal to DR? Everyone told me DR was dangerous and I lived there without any (Big) incidents. Knock on wood. My biggest fear is being kidnapped and held for ransom as my family does not have money to pay for me and I have cursed most of them out at one point or another, I am not sure that they WOULD pay for me. :squareeye:ermm::squareeye
3.) Anyone know of any other organizations that I can look into for experience as a student Midwife? Are there any DR doctors that are willing to have a student Midwife with them occasional (since DR does not recognize Midwives). My school does not approve MDs as clinical preceptors but I could shadow one on my own time just to get more experience. I am starting from scratch because all of the babies that I have delivered as a RN do not count.
I think that that is all right now. My school has no time frame on clinicals so I can do them whenever I want as long as at least 500 hours and 50 births are documented in your 2 years. I will only be working 1 week out of 5 so I will have 4 weeks doing nothing in Santiago when my kids are in school. I was hoping that maybe one day a week I could catch the bus to the organization for 8 or 10 hour clinical training and come home the same day. But I don't know how long or far the trip is.
Any insight is appreciated. Thanks
SHALENA
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