Lost Midwife

[Belinda-wales]

Many of you wil know that I am a uk trained nurse midwife with over 20 yrs experience and whilst my nursing qualification was easy to convert my midwifery qualification is another story - I feel that I may never be able to practise midwifery in the USA unless I take an entry type course which I may not even get in to - this makes me feel sad although I have got a great job it is not midwifery. There is no real answer to this post I am following up the posibilites- but my family is very happy and the price may be midwifery - Just feeling sorry for my self.

[epiphany]

nice job. very excited for you

[christine_chapel]

Congratulations on your acceptance! Maybe there will be some content that you can "challenge" so that you don't have to take every single class. Best of luck to you!

[RainDreamer, BSN, RN]

Congratulations on being accepted into the program!! I know it must be hard having to start all over again, but you'll be happy in the end. Just hang in there!

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

That's good news for you Belinda, how long will you have to be a student again for?

[nightmare, RN]

Not being a midwife I wonder,what are the main differences in the training between UK and US that Belinda has to do the whole course in US.

[Belinda-wales, RN]

I know that motivation will be a problem as I will be covering old ground as to speak - but I belive you can always gain something from every learning experience and frontier have the DNP program running so thay say that my application would be accepted to run in to this program once I finish the MSN so I could leave with DNP which would be great. I have had a Job offer already with a great OB who said she will wait but we will have to see- it takes 9 terms but I am hoping to do it a little quicker - they said I can do the min clinical hours which is still about 560 which is still a ton bnut I am hoping to take three weeks of work and get half done we will see. Now I need to sort out some form of funding to pay for all this - but it will all work out the fact that I have been accepted is an achievement so baby steps all will work out.

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

Will keep my fingers crossed that all goes well, it will be good for you to get back to the speciality that you love. I can't imagine doing anything other than surgery myself so understand your craving to get back to midwifery.

[Belinda-wales, RN]

Not being a midwife I wonder,what are the main differences in the training between UK and US that Belinda has to do the whole course in US.

I think the whole acceptance of Midwifery in the US has something to do with the difficultly- as a British trained midwife I did a full time 18 month course where you work clinically as a student midwife you are not allowed to work as a nurse during the course could not any way as you had to do 30 clinical hours every week with forty acidemic hours every week! all university based. - the reason I could not work as a midwife is because I did not have a BSN- I have a diploma in nuring , a higher dimploma in nurse education majoring in midwifery and a graduate degree in professional development - I am well trained and well educated its just the USA only work in black and white there is no shades of gray- I am not bitter I will under go the training required of me and be sucessful. I belive things happen for a reason and in stead of wasting energy complaining how unfair this all is I am going to use my energy doing what is ask of me - I will be sucessful and I intend to use the whole experience as a huge net working oppountity with in the USA midwifery community.

[nightmare, RN]

Thank you Belinda,I love you're positive attitude!

[Belinda-wales, RN]

So update Lost is on her way to being found well she got the map!

Just half way through my third term at frontier pushing forward keeeping my eye on the prize. Off the seattle for the confrence - things are moveing towards my goal. :)

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

for you Belinda!!

[Journey_On, BSN, RN]

Way to go, Belinda!!:urck: