I’m at the mid-term point in my second term of midwifery school. So, what’s been going on? It is still super demanding. If I am not working, I have a full list of “to-do’s” for graduate school. This week I wrote 2 papers: one on colon cancer and one on budgeting. I also just completed a project on hemolytic anemia of the newborn. I was excited about this project because it was the first project/paper that I was able to pick my own topic. I’ve done loads of papers on topics I struggle to find relevance in for my future practice. But, for this project I got to pick the specific topic. It had to be a disease process and it had to focuse on the pathophysiology of that process. So, I began thinking of diseases that related to my field. Of course I thought about PIH and HELLP. But, those were obvious, I thought. So, I went through out text book and looked at things we covered to give me an idea for my project. I saw the section on blood types… Nothing specific… Just the basics: A blood type contains A antigens and anti-B antibodies, etc. It got me thinking about ABO incompatibilities and Rh incompatibilities between mothers and their fetuses. That’s something I don’t know the exact pathophysiology about. So, I had my topic: hemolytic anemia of the newborn. Something I need to know that I don’t.
So, that project was fun to do. And, the next time I give Rhogam to a woman I will know the exact pahophysiology and the reasoning behind it. I am beginning to enjoy classes a lot more when I can foresee them contributing towards my future practice. Although, all physiologic knowledge is useful… this felt MORE useful… You know?
Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to lately.
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