mom2michael

mom2michael MSN, RN, NP

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About mom2michael

mom2michael is a MSN, RN, NP and specializes in Rural Health.


I am a family nurse practitioner in a certified rural healthcare clinic. My job is beyond incredible. I have such a wide variety of patients from birth to death and everything in between. And I get my first love which is OB care. As much as love my job - I am seriously considering a move so I can have more advancement in my life.

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  1. Our terms are 12 weeks in length with 1 week break in between Class are offered 4 times per year. Every class is offered every term. Summer term is 11 weeks (it is the only shorter term) so that we can have a longer break during Christmas. We ar...
  2. Frontier School-Preceptors

    The school does not help you find clinical sites, you are responsible for finding your own. The school does maintain a database however that currently is VERY outdated (but with plans to update it eventually) that they can give you that might assis...
  3. Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing-FNP Program

    Yes, you find your clinical placement on your own. That does not mean the school won't help you, but the school is not responsible for setting your clinical site. You must go out, find a preceptor and get the site. Once you find the site, you let ...
  4. Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing-FNP Program

    Full time has required me to spend anywhere from 10-60 hours per week depending on the week and the class and what is going on that week. There is no way to tell you if it will be too much or too little because I honestly have no idea how tired you ...
  5. Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing-FNP Program

    Regarding FSMFN: #1 The website will tell you the most up to date information on cost per credit hour. #2 The school does not set up clinical preceptors for you. You take care of that on your own. You are required to see a certain # of patients...
  6. Working while in NP school?

    I still work 3-12 hour night shifts per week and attend a full time, online FNP program. It isn't enjoyable and my family life suffers sometimes - as well as my sleep most of the time, but it is manageable. I would say that probably 90% of the stu...
  7. FNP vs Women's Health

    My preceptor is a WHNP too and she loved it and had a great job for awhile. That being the key - awhile. When her job went away (OB/GYN she worked with retired) there were no more WHNP jobs out there. She went back and got her FNP and said it was ...
  8. Starting Pay for Springfield RN?

    Night diff is about $3.00/hr at either place. Cox does not pay a weekend diff unless you work a weekend option job and you specifically work every single weekend. I'm not sure if St. John's has a weekend diff or not.
  9. NICU nurse to FNP???

    Go for it!!! We have all kinds of nurses in my FNP program at Frontier and we are all doing just fine In my class alone we have 2 or 3 NICU/Nursery RNs. A good FNP program (online or in a classroom) is going to teach you what you need to be tau...
  10. thoughts/advice welcomed........

    Yup, gotta agree with Sheri. A good school will teach you what you need to know. Grad school is tough, don't add to the stress with a job that you don't like and you won't enjoy. If you love doing what you are doing, keep right on doing it. You'l...
  11. I also did the portfolio with 2 years of ER experience, no L&D experience (applying to the CMN program) and a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. It's very tailored to the person doing the application and is not a "one size fits all" kind of applic...
  12. Traditional postpartum care?

    The facility I worked at before did PP and NBN - so mom hand one nurse and baby had another. I hated it. There was no continuity of care - if mom had questions about baby while you were "her nurse" you had to get the "baby nurse" to answer the que...
  13. new graduate interested in advanced fetal monitoring

    I would call your education department and ask. Ours is only open to RN's who currently work in L&D.
  14. I need help deciding between midwife or FNP!!

    Frontier does not have a "combo" program for FNP/Midwifery. You must complete one clinical speciality track before you start another. If you wanted to be a CNM/FNP you would first complete one program and then enter the 2nd program post masters. ...
  15. The Frontier School Of Midwifery and Family Nursing

    The school's website holds oodles of info including information on post masters and timelines regarding post master's. If you can't find your answer there - call or email the school. I'm sure they would be more than happy to help you develop a time...