Deciding between FNP or WHNP but also want CNM

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Specializes in Neonatal/Womens health.

Hello fellow Nurses! I have a question and hope a few of you can help me out. I am in Alaska and looking for online NP programs. I am undecided if I want to do FNP or WHNP. I know for sure I want to also get my Midwife cert. I see my dream of being able to treat a mom and baby through all the stages. However as previous NICU nurse and now Family advocate nurse I dont want to walk away from taking care of babies to. I feel like becoming a midwife is not enough as I feel most people see them as granola crunchers... no offense. I want to still be able to work in a clinic or hospital. I dont want my limits to be to tight but also have really no desire to work with any other population other than women and children. I was really ready to settle for Womens Health/ CNM but then I saw some schools offered FNP/CNM and It started the whole process over again of asking myself...what I want to be when I grow up? I am just hoping there are some nurses out there that have gone down this path. Any recommendations for schools that are online would be great. I know i will have to go to campus for some parts as thats what most school require. Thank you all my hard working friends for reading my very long question.

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Mental Health NP (PMHNP).

Frontier Nursing in Kentucky is an excellent school that offers online options for Master's level programs like FNP, WHNP, etc.

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Yes, Frontier has an option where if you go through the CNM program, you can add on 1 clinical course at the end and you will have your WHNP too! I'm highly considering this myself. It's definitely worth looking into if you wanna double up! Frontier is very well known for its CNM program as being the best, so if you can get into it, TAKE IT!! lol it is highly competitive though, even more so in the fall, but still worth putting in an application. Keep in mind though that they require 2 site visits to Kentucky, One for orientation and the other one before clinicals start. I only say that since you're in Alaska and idk if you'd be willing to travel that far.

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Specializes in Neonatal/Womens health.

Thank you! I have started the process for Frontier getting hand written signed letters has been a process living in alaska LOL. But I applied to GeorgeTown and now looking into Texas Tech. Oh the struggle LOL Im so excited to hear back from Georgetown, they are just really really expensive!!!

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Mental Health NP (PMHNP).

Alaska has a severe shortage of providers, so the state has some good scholarship and loan repayment options - look into those and apply. There are also Federal programs - HRSA and also Nurse Corps. Good luck.

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Specializes in Neonatal/Womens health.

Thats good to know!

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