MaineMan88

Hi All, I am planning on attending Vanderbilt in the Fall as a pre-specialty student for the CNM/FNP degree. What makes me different than most midwifery students is that I am male. I started my college career with the goal of becoming an athletic tra...

This is probably the most accurate assessment of CNM salaries you will find. See ACNM 2010 survey below: http://www.midwife.org/ACNM/files/ccLibraryFiles/Filename/000000002053/ACNM_SalarySurvey_2010_FINAL.pdf

What specialty program were you accepted to?

DancingNurse, In one of the posts above you mention that Vandy is a distance program with massive amounts of traveling. The last part may be true, depending on where you are placed; faculty make it clear that you will likely travel outside of Nashvil...

Lilacs, I am currently a student in one of the aforementioned "bridge" programs. I just finished my pre-specialty year, and therefore, will sit for my RN licensure exam very soon and will being my nurse-midwifery courses this month. I can sympathize...

Hey David! I am a CNM student at Vanderbilt, and I am male. Vandy is VERY accepting of men--the program director and another faculty member actually wrote an article in a nursing journal last year about the NEED for more men in the field. When I expr...

Hi All, I am finishing up my senior year of undergraduate work and am waiting to hear if I have been accepted to a nurse-midwife/family nurse practitioner dual-specialty program. Can anyone suggest a good read that will continue to refine my understa...

Vanderbilt.

Hey, I tried answering your PM but the messaging system kept messing up. I think it ate my first message and I wrote it all out again but the same thing happened. Let me know if you actually received it!

Hey Kate, I was one of the panelists as well, and I think we might have spoken afterward (there were so many people it was hard to remember names!). Bellevue is a nice area for sure. It's pretty out there and you are close to Percy Warner Park and Ra...

I have been through the same decision-making process that you are going through now, and I know, it's very tough. I am in Vandy's dual CNM/FNP track--my decision was whether to stick with the "dual" specialty or solely pursue FNP. In my experience, w...

Hi There, I can't really give you a definitive answer of "what they look for"--I suggest contacting admissions and asking them what makes successful applicants stand out. However, from what I can tell, they really look for diversity in demographics a...

Okay. Since I am in my pre-specialty year, I cannot tell you much about the actual FNP and CNM programs. However, I have had limited contact with the FNP faculty but a considerable amount of contact with the midwifery faculty and director, and I cann...

Hey All, Thanks so much for the encouraging words. I am a few weeks into the program--well, the prespecialty RN year--and although I won't start actual midwifery content until next year, I can already tell that I'm in an amazing environment where my ...

Silent Siren, I am currently in the dual FNP/CNM program, but I come from a non-nursing background so I am in the pre-specialty year working on my RN. So, would you be entering Vandy as a non-nurse or as a RN?

Thanks CEG, I will definitely check that out. $50k would not be the cost for the entire program; for the dual-degree it would actually be 3 years at about $50k each year, so I am looking at a debt similar to yours, if not more.

That would be fantastic! I haven't used this site very much so I'm not sure how to personal message you--I'll try adding you as a contact and maybe that will give me the option for a PM.

I am pre-specialty NMW/FNP and received my acceptance letter today. Best of luck to all!

Hey all, I have been in contact with one of the specialty admissions directors so I can offer some clarification. EVERYONE who applied to the program received a financial aid packet (I bet that I wasn't the only one who felt my heart beat out of its ...

Hey Everyone, I am a college senior--I will have a degree in a field other than nursing--and recently applied to Vanderbilt's pre-specialty MSN nurse midwife/family nurse practitioner dual-focus program. I was wondering if there are any current or f...

Thanks for your input! You aren't the only one who has commented on the intensity of the pre-specialty year--I go to Elon U. in NC and had classes with a student in the pre-specialty year and a student in her first year of Women's Health NP and they ...