CTCNM - Consortium of Texas CNMs

CTCNM Summer Meeting
El Paso July 19, 2008
Centro San Vicente Center
8029 Alameda, El Paso, Texas 79915

Board Meeting 8:00-9:00
CTCNM Meeting 9:00-3:00
Presentation of Essure - permanent in office female sterilization-Jesse Owens

Friday evening before the meeting
July 18, 2008 6:00pm-9:00pm
Reception at the home of Paula Quick
11328 Benny Emler El Paso, TX 79934

Saturday after the meeting
July 19 2008, 8:30pm ‘Viva El Paso’
A theatrical presentation of the history of El Paso at the picturesque McKelligan Canyon
If we have more than 20 attendees, we can get tickets at less than $20.
Paula Quick CTCNM secretary needs to have a head count to purchase the tickets before the event.

Please contact Paula at 915.491.0022 for assistance with airport pick up, a place to stay, and if you are interested in attending ‘Viva El Paso’

Nurse Midwives Deliver Excellent Outcomes

Texas CNM Becky Burpo prepared practice statistics from Texas Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) for 2006. Surveys were sent to all known CNMs in Texas. Data was analyzed on the responses received. Highlights of the survey include:

   72% of respondents serve Medicaid/Medicare recipients
   67% of CNMs attend births in hospitals
   15,679 births were reported by CNMs in Texas for 2006
   10.78% required transfer to physician care in labor
   5.7% cesarean section rate (national average ~ 30%)
   2.25% low birth weight/preterm infants (national average ~6.5%)
   No maternal mortality was reported
   Newborn mortality rate overall was .031% (national newborn
   mortality rate ~.07%)

melanie dossey nativit birth center natural

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/07newsreleases/teenbirth.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070502.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070502_x

Texas CNMs compare favorably to a 1998 study showing lower infant mortality rates for infants delivered by CNMs - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/PRESSROOM/98news/midwife.htm

Click Here to view 2006 Practice Statistics

Nancy Jo Reedy CNM, MPH, FACNM
of Texas is the recipient of the 2007 Hattie Hemschemeyer Award, the most prestigious award of the American College of Nurse Midwives.

Nancy Jo’s many accomplishments include founding the midwifery practice at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, which is the largest midwifery service in the United States. She is currently the director of THC Nurse Midwives in Fort Worth.

Nancy Jo has a long-standing commitment to underserved women and to the nurse-midwifery profession. Texas is fortunate to have Nancy Jo Reedy caring for its women, babies, and nurse-midwives.