[snjoy]

i am considering doing a cpm program. I will have my Rn license before i complete this program.Will i be able to practice since i will be an rn?

[midwife2b]

Depends on the state. Some states only recognize CNM's.

[cnmmsn]

I graduated from there about 10 years ago. A great school, but you have to be willing to work. You have to prove to them that you know your stuff thru papers and didatic work. In classrooms you can sllide a little bit more. The number of deliveries and AP/IP/PP visits were more than a resident school, but I got of there being able to hit the ground running and was not lost like a lot of the other CNMs I have talked to. You are lso need to be self motivated. There is no one to stand over your shoulder to make sure you get your work done.
All in all, a great school, but not an easy one by any means.
Vicki

[l&drocks]

I am currently attending Frontier... do you have specific questions...feel free to ask

[Montessori Mommy]

I was wondering how difficult it is to find a clinical site in your own community.

I'll be graduating with an ADN this May, and have a Bachelor's in another field. I'm very blessed to have been offered a position in a wonderful magnet hospital in their L & D unit. After getting some experience, I'm thinking Frontier may be the best way to go. We have NP programs in my area, but no CNM programs.

Thanks to everyone for sharing!

[KYCNM]

No, non-nurses who take the midwifery boards are not "CNM" they are "CM". As a past certification board member, I was there through the transition from essay boards to multiple choice boards to computer boards. Both may be educated simultaneously in the same program, however they use different credentials upon certification.

[KYCNM]

No, non-nurses who take the midwifery boards are not "CNM" they are "CM". Certified nurse midwife vs certified midwife. They take the same certification examination. Both may be educated simultaneously in the same program, however they use different credentials upon certification. As a past certification board member, I was there through the transition from essay boards to multiple choice boards to computer boards, as well as the addition of the certified midwife.

[pipersjo]

We were actually discussing this very subject tonight! My question is, do you have to have L & D experience to get in? It is very difficult to get a job in the L & D unit in the hospital that I work at and so I will be working on the Cardiac unit after I graduate. I really think that I would like to become a CNM, but I still need to finish my ADN and then my BSN. I will be done with all of it next year in May, but I wasn't sure if I needed to wait and get some L & D experience before applying. Thanks in advance.

[almost a cnm]

I recently graduated from Frontier and it was a good program. Tough, but I got a great education.

As far as having L&D experience first they used to require it but now accept people without it. The few students I saw without L&D really struggled. One dropped out. one changed to WHNP, and one can't pass clinical. Most sites won't accept a student without L&D experience. Even if you do find a site it may be difficult to find a job once you graduate. I can't even imagine going into midwifery without L&D experience. You won't know SVE's, how to read a strip, or have that intuition that things are not right. You can never have too much experience in my opinion.

[KYCNM]

I was a preceptor for a university program. A student I accepted for the final clinical semester was supposedly an experienced L & D nurse as were the nurses on the unit. The first day in clinical, she did not pick up a complete breech presentation. I ended up delivering a mom because she was breech on the perineum. What I am saying is experience does not guarantee that someone will be excellent snm. The RN's also missed the breech.