Midwifery Profile and EMTALA - Part 4
CNM Practice and Federal Law, CNM Clinical Performance, Research and on-call decisions, Friedman Zhang Active Labor and EMTALA, EMTALA and Cervical Dilatation, CNM Professional Profile and Malpractice, Midwifery challenges and incompetence claims Martha Merrill-Hall CNM Practice and Federal Law, CNM Clinical Performance, Research and on-call decisions, Friedman Zhang Active Labor and EMTALA, EMTALA and Cervical Dilatation, CNM Professional Profile and Malpractice, Midwifery challenges and incompetence claims Martha Merrill-Hall

Midwifery Profile and EMTALA - Part 4

Variations are appreciated and expected when encountering competing research findings. Women will always labor outside of research expectations, despite best practices and the predictions of labor models.

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CNM/CM Legal Exposure in Triage - EMTALA Part 3
CNM Practice and Federal Law, EMTALA violations and cervical dilatation, Active labor and dilatation model research, Friedman vs. Zhang vs. ACOG, Midwives and labor progression models, Premature patient discharge and triage midwives, Legal claims and triage midwives, EMTALA medical malpractice wrongful death, OB triage and risk assessments by CNMs, OB triage decision making Martha Merrill-Hall CNM Practice and Federal Law, EMTALA violations and cervical dilatation, Active labor and dilatation model research, Friedman vs. Zhang vs. ACOG, Midwives and labor progression models, Premature patient discharge and triage midwives, Legal claims and triage midwives, EMTALA medical malpractice wrongful death, OB triage and risk assessments by CNMs, OB triage decision making Martha Merrill-Hall

CNM/CM Legal Exposure in Triage - EMTALA Part 3

In the midst of enthusiasm and medical society endorsements for the data of Jun Zhang et al, the Friedman data do remain scientifically viable and legal for triage evaluation purposes. Admitting a patient at 4 cm is very unlikely to expose a triage midwife to an EMTALA violation, or even a civil claim for negligence, as long as a proper screening or labor evaluation is performed and documented.

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