shado

Hi there, I am a CNM and a WHNP. My midwifery school was Frontier CNEP- that is community-based NurseMidwifery Education Program. It is excellent for an individual that is focused and driven and has a family life and needs to stay home. It requires a cooperative spouse/friends in understanding the daily disappearance of your mental/physical person for study. As far as the L&D requirement...they won't ignore the requirement but they will draw on your personal birth experience/knowledge as well as the fact you are new out of school with some L&D education while getting your BSN. I respect your idea of working L&D as much as you can until you make a decision of schools. The Frontier CNEP starts you out with total didactic so if you want to work a couple days a week it is feasible. I am also can tell you that you can do your CNM and MSN at Frontier now. As far as being an older student, that seems typical amongst the midwifery students and yes you can lose your momentum once you get going. That was another factor for me in choosing Frontier. Shado/CNM