MSN-Entry Level Questions

[arhunter22]

I am hopeful that some individuals who were in my shoes before could help me out a bit with the entry masters in nursing. For four years now I have been working towards the prospect of applying to vet school. As of late however, this career if losing the appeal it once held for me. Nursing has always been an alternative I have considered. I have taken all the science pre-req's seeing as how my bachelors degree was a pre-veterinary concentration. Here is the issue i'm having. The field I want to eventually pursue is nurse midwifery. I have been looking into CSUF's EL-MSN program and have really fallen in love with it, but it appears that you can only pursue nurse leadership if you are an entry level student. CSUF does have a midwife track, but would I only be able to pursue this after the three year masters program was completed? How much longer would this take? Or is it possible to take a nurse midwife route as an entry-level student? If someone could help clear up my confusion it would be BEYOND appreciated! Thank you so much. :)

[leenak]

There are schools that offer midwifery masters for direct entry students. Vanderbilt are two I know about. The total program is 3 years. If you go into the program you are considering, I believe it would be an additional 2 years for midwifery.

[blackbird singing]

http://www.midwife.org/rp/eduprog_options.cfm?id=2

There is a list of all the schools that offer a graduate entry option (you have a bachelor's in another field and want to pursue nurse-midwifery). From the tons of times I have gone over this list, it seems that most programs are 3-4 years long. This depends on whether or not the school offers the BSN after you finish the nursing courses. Some schools just offer the adequate classes so that you can sit for the NCLEX. There are arguments as to whether or not the BSN is beneficial in the long run for the graduate entry route, but I will let you work your way through those...

Good luck to you! If you have any other questions, let me know! I am in a very similiar situation to yours: I graduated last year from an undergrad and decided in my last year that nursing was what I was interested in. I spent the majority of my last year taking pre-req courses and the summer after graduation applying. Now I am just waiting to hear from one more school before I can make my decision about where I will be going for grad school.

[arhunter22]

Thank you guys for your help! It seems as though Cal State Fullerton (the best option for me geographically) is a viable route. I guess I will simply contact someone in admissions to get a clear picture of how long the total program would take.