becoming a midwife

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hi, i am 18 years old and would like to become a midwife. I have completed my a-levels but not in relevant subjects. Can someone please help me out, by telling me what route to take, and what qualification you need and at what levels etc. It sounds a little cheeky aswell but i also would like to know what kind of salerie is accessable and what your duties consist of. Any information would be much appriciated. Thanks:confused:

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Specializes in Corrections, Psych, Med-Surg.

Since your post and your profile do not show where you are, you might specify:

1) what country you live in,

2) what country you want to get your training in,

3) what country you wish to work in afterwards,

4) etc.

in order for people to give you any useful responses.

There is also a spceific forum for nursing midwifery on this BB.

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Hi there,

Im assuming your in the UK as you mentioned A-levels so if you are try here http://www.studentmidwives.co.uk. I'm also working on becoming a midwife (although I think Im much older than you

;) ) and this is an excellent site for info about applications, the course itself and general chat with like-minded people. There a great bunch of people on there and Im sure you'll get all the info you need.

Hope to see you there soon

Lisa

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The couple friends I have in Great Britain define "midwife" much the way we define "RN" Here in the USA...that is, labor/delivery nurses NOT responsible for independent delivery of maternity/midwifery health care. In the USA, the term "midwife" is defined a few ways, depending on practice and education. CNM here is advanced practice RN with a masters-level education and post-graduate certs.

Am I right about the midwife role in England, then?

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Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes

The couple friends I have in Great Britain define "midwife" much the way we define "RN" Here in the USA...that is, labor/delivery nurses NOT responsible for independent delivery of maternity/midwifery health care. In the USA, the term "midwife" is defined a few ways, depending on practice and education. CNM here is advanced practice RN with a masters-level education and post-graduate certs.

Am I right about the midwife role in England, then?

Here in the UK all midwives start out with the same qualification regardles of whether they complete the diploma or degree course, on completion all are RM's (registered midwives) After qualifying some work for the nhs in either labour/delivery, ante/post natal or as community or clinic based midwives. The other option is to set up as an independant midwife and then you can be responsible for all aspects of maternity care and will be paid directly by the women in your care. Independant midwives mainly deal with home-births here but may also have an agreement with the local maternity services to allow then to continue to care for their women should they require transfer to hospital. You are free to go either way after qualification but most people seem to work in the nhs for at least a year or two before becoming independant to build up skills in a more directly supervised area.

Hope this answers your question and that I havent prattled on too much.

Lisa

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