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Why all the Confusion about Midwivesand Home Birth? Isn’t home birthillegal in Wyoming anyway?Continued from page 25ReferencesBreckinridge, M. (1981). Wide neighborhoods: A story of the Frontier Nursing Service.Lexington, KY: University Press.Cassidy, T. (2006). Birth: The surprising history of how we are born. New York: AtlanticMonthly Press.Durand, M.A. (1992). The safety of home birth: the Farm study. American Journal ofPublic Health, 82(3), 450-453.Janssen, P., Ryan, E., Etches, D. J., Klein, M.C. and Reime, B. (2006). Outcomes ofplanned hospital birth attended by midwives compared with physicians in British Columbia.Birth 34(2), 140-47.Leavitt, J. (1983). “Science” enters the birthing room: Obstetrics in America since theeighteenth century. The Journal of American History, 70(2), 281-304.Litoff, J. (1982). The midwife throughout history. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 27(6),3-11.Olsen, O (1997). Meta-analysis of the safety of home birth. Birth,24(1), 4-13.Rooks, J., Weatherby, N., Ernst, E., Stapleton, S., Rosen, D., & Rosenfield, A. (1989).Outcomes of care in birth centers: The national birth center study. New England Journal ofMedicine, 321(26), 1804-1811.Rooks, J. (1997). Midwifery and childbirth in America. Philadelphia: Temple UniversityPress.Stone, S. (2000). The evolving scope of nurse-midwifery practice it the United States. Journalof Midwifery & Women’s Health, 45(6), 522-531.The American College of Nurse-Midwifery (2009). Retrieved April 23, 2009 from http://www.acnm.org/about.cfm and http://www.acnm.org/organization_history.cfmNursys® Update forNon-compact jurisdictionsEmployers/PublicIf you or your organization needs to increase your efficiency inverifying nurse licenses and/or checking a nurse’s discipline statusfor employment decisions, then look no further than the NationalCouncil of State Boards of Nursing’s secure, online verificationsystem, Nursys® (www.nursys.com). The nursys.com web sitecontains data obtained directly from the licensure systems of theboards of nursing through frequent, secured updates.Employers and the general public can now verify licenses andreceive a report within minutes, free of charge. This report willcontain the name, jurisdiction, license type, license number,license status, expiration date and any discipline against thelicense of the nurse being verified.NursesWhen a nurse applies for endorsement into a state, verification ofexisting or previously held licenses may be required. A nurse canuse Nursys.com to request verification of licensure from a Nursyslicensure participating board. A list of licensure participatingnursing boards can be found at Nursys.com.Verifications can be processed by completing the online Nursysverification process. The fee for this service is $30.00 per licensetype for each state board of nursing where the nurse is applying.Nursys license verification is sent to the endorsing boardimmediately. Please visit www.nursys.com for more details.For more information, email nursys@ncsbn.org, call 312.525.3780or visit www.nursys.comTargeted NetworkingThe “NEW” ClassifiedsReach 11,000 nurses in Wyoming for as little as $260.limitedavailabilityCALL TODAYWork in Comfort!Your Wyoming source for scrubs,footware, compression hosiery andmore! Great assortment, mutliplebrand lines.Kimberly’s Uniforms(307) 235-3156Visit www.KimberlysUniforms.comContact Victor Hornevhorne@pcipublishing.com1-800-561-4686NURSEEDUCATORSRecruit TalentedFaculty HereVictor Horne(800) 561-4686RivertonMemorial HospitalSeekingFull-time ER/ICU RNFull-time OB RN$6,000 sign on, medical,dental, vision, Life, AD&D,STD, LTD, EAP, 401(k), PTO,EIB, and a competitive wage.Call 307-857-3465 oremail norma.atwood@lpnt.net.WyomingRole of TheProfessional NurseRole Differentiation:What’s the Problem?Thinkaboutitnursingscholarship funfundNurseVol. 5 number 2Summer 2009R E P O R T E RFocus on Practice:Nursing research clarifiesbest practices for blood pressuremeasurementAPPLYTODAY26 Wy o m i n g Nu r s e Re p o r t e r