Does your school do this?

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Hi all just curious about something.It has always been my goal to specialise in L&D.My plan was after i finish my RN course to go straight back to college and do my diploma in midwifery.Yesterday i was talking to one of my tutors over the phone and he told me that i wouldn't be accepted to do the diploma until i have worked 2-3yrs as an RN.I was totally blown away as i had no idea.Now that really has set my plans back a little as i wanted to have 2 more kids but dont want them while i'm in school and by the time i finish getting my diploma i'll be about 33 and i never wanted to have kids after 30.My tutor says i could have them now but like i said i dont want them while i'm in school.Anyway just wanted to know if your school works this way as well.Thanks.

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Specializes in Case management, occupational health.

yes, the schools around here are the same way depending on what you want to do

I want to get my AOHN and you have to work in the field for 3 years. I have worked in the field for 15 years as an xray tech/medical assistant and then IME coorinator and those years do not count because I was not an RN at the time.

Very frustrating.

For some specialties you have to work in the field fo 5 years.

I think this is something that they should tell you early on in nursing school so that you are mentally prepared.

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Yes i think they should.Now i have to find a plan B.

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I don't understand the problem. Graduate, go to work for 2-3 years, have some kids and after 2-3 years (or more) have passed and you have had your kids, go back to school for midwifery.

It doesn't seem very likely that you'll find a program that will take you as a new grad without any experience. Once you graduate midwifery, you'll be a midwife, and you wouldn't have any actual experience outside of clinicals. Would you want somebody delivering your children without a few years of unsupervised experience? Because I wouldn't!

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Specializes in MSN, FNP-BC.

Life is about compromise and you have to chose what is most important for you. I wanted to be finished having kids by the time I was 30 and I'll be having my first one when I'm 30. For me having the career to support my family how I want to be able to support them was very important. Now that I've taken care of my needs, I can be there for my (future) family more.

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i know its a major bummer to have to wait but most specialties require you to have some sort of experience before you start. i think all school or hospitals run pretty much the same way. maybe just graduate and start in a pospartum unit if you can and gain the experience you need. Godd luck to you.

Amanda T.- Elsevier Student Ambassador

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I understand the whole rationale behind it and never said it was a problem just wanted to know if other schools function that way or if its just mine and thanks for taking the time to read my post and replying.

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I looked into becoming a midwife before (have changed my mind since) and if I remember right you have to be an RN for 5 years before becoming a midwife....but I'm not 100% sure. I'm in NY though, every state is different though.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

If you want to become a CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist), you've got to be an RN with several years of critical care/ICU experience before even being eligible to apply for a nurse anesthetist program.

If you want to become a nurse educator or professor, you've got to have a minimum of several years of RN working experience before any college, university, technical school, or diploma program will hire you as an instructor.

The same goes for midwifery. Without the several years of working experience as an RN in L&D/OB, midwifery programs will not accept you due to the severe disadvantage of lacking real world work experience.

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