Specialties CNM
Published Nov 5, 2014
Anyone apply to Frontier's CNM class 134? I'd love to connect with those eagerly awaiting acceptance results, like me!
mickey1172
40 Posts
Congratulations! I got in too!!! So excited now I can stop freaking out and relax for a while.
JessicaDanielle
62 Posts
Me too! See you at FB!
mommy2anangel
151 Posts
Congrats guys. Good luck to you all.
Genu9ine
273 Posts
Congrats you guys!
cayenne06, MSN, CNM
1,394 Posts
Congratulations, future midwives!!!
SFChopeful2013
Mickey and Jessica, what were your stats? What does Frontier look most at for admissions? Thanks in advance.
holliewood
18 Posts
Just found this thread. I'm in too. :) Yay Kentucky in February! :)
Holliewood, there's a facebook page for our class! Frontier Nursing University Class 134
KellyRN2013
112 Posts
Woo Hoo!!! Congratulations to you both!!! I can't wait to hear about your experience. Please keep us updated. I am very interested in this program. I would love to hear updates about yall's progress! I'm so excited for yall :) As asked in another post, what do you think their admissions process if critical on? What do they look for? I will already have my MSN when I apply but I am still so nervous lol.
claritasd
139 Posts
Thanks for all the info, everyone! Just so I can clarify, does the didactic portion of Frontier take a year? I see that it's 2-3 semesters for the clinical portion, but I'm wondering if the didactic part is just that first year or stretches a semester (or two) into the second year.
One more question - has anyone gotten in with less than a year of experience? The website says it's required but also says "other significant experience" will be considered. I'm a BSN student at the moment, and when I graduate in December I'll have 9 months' experience as a doula, plus I'm going to try to do my practicum on an L&D floor. But I know L&D jobs can be hard to get as a new grad, so I'm concerned about having to wait forever, while working elsewhere, until I can get one to get that year's experience and apply. I do plan to work at least part time while studying (I recognize the importance of nursing experience when going into a MSN program!), but I'm just hoping to start as soon as I can. Looking at the options.
Thanks!
queenanneslace, ADN, MSN, APRN, CNM
302 Posts
Thanks for all the info, everyone! Just so I can clarify, does the didactic portion of Frontier take a year? I see that it's 2-3 semesters for the clinical portion, but I'm wondering if the didactic part is just that first year or stretches a semester (or two) into the second year. One more question - has anyone gotten in with less than a year of experience? The website says it's required but also says "other significant experience" will be considered. I'm a BSN student at the moment, and when I graduate in December I'll have 9 months' experience as a doula, plus I'm going to try to do my practicum on an L&D floor. But I know L&D jobs can be hard to get as a new grad, so I'm concerned about having to wait forever, while working elsewhere, until I can get one to get that year's experience and apply. I do plan to work at least part time while studying (I recognize the importance of nursing experience when going into a MSN program!), but I'm just hoping to start as soon as I can. Looking at the options.Thanks!
Full time - the didactic portion takes 5 terms - there are 4 terms per year - so just over one year.
Part time - the didactic portion takes 7-8 terms - so about 2 years from Frontier Bound to starting clinicals.
"Has anyone gotten in with less than one year of experience?"
YES. Though these nurses usually have significant experience in lactation, doula work or childbirth ed. It is not strictly required to have 1 year of L&D experience. I go back and forth on whether I believe it is necessary or not. I think the learning curve for CNMs who did not work in L&D is much steeper for those who did. Though there's a different type of unlearning that happens with experienced L&D nurses who become CNMs as well.
But to answer your question - quite a few of my classmates were accepted to the CNEP program with little to no L&D experience.
Thank you so much, queenanneslace!
I look forward to hearing from you guys how the program goes!