UNC_nurseL&D

Is anyone out there a FNP and CNM? If so, did you get the FNP or the CNM first? How do you integrate the two in practice? I know what I want to do with it, but I want to hear if there is anyone else out there who had the same idea. Thanks so much!! Oh, and if anyone did the went to Frontier for their two certifications how did that go, I have heard a lot of good things from them. THANKS!

Hi everyone. I am a senior nursing student about to graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill and then moving across the country to Oregon. I am moving to the Corvallis area and was wondering how the hospitals there are. I am used to very big hospitals (UNC, and Duke) but am willing to try a smaller hospital. Also, I was thinking about commuting to Salem or Eugene, and wondered if anyone had ever done that and if it was awful. I want to work in Labor and Delivery, which I know requires experience, but here in NC if you have doula experience (which I do) you can start out in L&D right out of school...is the same true here? Lastly, can anyone tell me what the general state of nursing is in Oregon? I am a little worried because none of the Hospital websites have information for nurses, while most of the hospitals in NC have specific areas for nurses to go to find information about nursing in the hospital. Sorry, I know that's a lot. Thanks!