MariannaCNMstudent ADN, BSN

Hello, everyone! I just got my acceptance letter for this fall start CNM program in University of Cincinnati. I know that it is not that highly ranked as Frontier, but for me it holds some benefits, Frontier does not have. If anybody is interest...

Thank you! I remember that theory from school. But as one of my preceptors told me the other day, the hospital does not care, and I have to learn in the time I am given. Many years ago it took me 2 years to reach the point when I started feeling conf...

Hey fellow nurses, I started my first hospital job a month ago as a resource pool nurse. I graduated a year and a half ago and went to work outpatient as a mental health nurse. So, whatever skills I had after hospital clinical rotations, they ha...

Thank you so much, Kooky, for the support, kind words and some grammar notes ))). There is no way to edit the initial post. Float nurses may have 2 assignments in an 8 hours shift. So, charting should be actually done by 10:30. I managed to do that ...

It is not like 3 weeks, officially it is 8. However, I don't think 8 weeks is OK training time for 8 units to float for somebody with zero experience. I believe the whole strategy is bad. They had to put me on meg/surge for 4 weeks and 12 hours shift...

Officially 8 weeks now for a float pool days without nursing experience.

Thank you. No, I am still there. I guess they are figuring out where to send me. All units are constantly short, float pool is severely short. They higher new grads and inexperienced nurses like me and cutting down training at the same time. Thi...

I found it and started listening. It's amazing! Thank you so so much!

Thank you, Jenny. I have no reservations about the career path because I was I midwife in another country. I know it all, good and bad. And thank you for the podcast suggestion, I will listen, it looks really interesting.

Hey there! How is it going with clinical placement? How did you go about it? I already started thinking about the process and I wonder about practical steps. Did you email places, go visit, called and asked? Did you find anything?

I don't like Frontier for the lack of communication from their side. I had a lot of questions they never answered and they seem to like being very competitive that I believe not a good thing in midwifery education. Cincinnati Uni also has a way aroun...

And yes, I was admitted without such an experience. I decided against it for the reasons I wrote above. I start the program this August.

You know, your question is more difficult as it seems. The most practiced approach to birth in hospitals is the opposite of how midwives view and manage it. Practicing as a L&D nurse may be a valuable and may be a harmful experience. In a hospita...

I personally know an RN with associate degree that got into Frontier with portfolio. She had relevant RN experience for her specialty, about 1 or 2 years and relevant BS but not nursing.

Thank you for good wishes. All midwifery programs have a threshold of 3.0 GPA. They are not taking people with lower GPA. But they discuss with those how to raise GPA to be eligible to apply. So people at least know what to do. Again, most programs ...

It is not my intention to avoid problematic deliveries. Rather the opposite, I want to provide full care to underserved and vulnerable populations. My "else" is years of experience as a hospital midwife outside the US.

No, but I don't want to be a part of traumatic births created by providers. If you think in the US doctors always make decisions in best interests of their patients, especially in maternity, you better take off your pink glasses. Women and babies are...

L&D experience is a must only in a couple of programs. Others want you to have some relevant experience, preferably L&D, but also a doula, midwife assistant, postpartum nursing or else. I have "else" and I just explained in my essay why I don...

Here what I like about that program so far. Note, I haven't started my classed yet. 1. Info session on zoom with possibility of live chat with faculty members. Was able to ask questions and share some info about myself, for example no L&D e...

I am admitted for this fall and opened another post for it.

From time immemorial midwives were women in there menopausal years. Midwife is a motherly role, not a friend, a sister or a coach. It is a rare profession that is good to start in your 40s and 50s. The only obstacle can be your health, your ability t...

No, you are not nuts. I decided against L&D clinical when in a nursing school and currently work as a mental health nurse. As a midwife you are a provider, not a person, that follows orders. I know enough about physiological birth and how that pr...