Hi, working through the program is do-able. Not fun but it can happen. I worked 2/12 hour shifts a week while full time at frontier. It doesn't leave much personal time but it can happen. The hardest...
I wouldn't worry about Med/Surg... just go work with women/infants in some capacity (postpartum, NICU, antepartum, L&D). Any of those will be helpful with CNM school. You will learn great skills....