StudyShy

I'm 32 weeks pregnant and just had a UDS with my U/A. I was really kind of put off by it since I have never done anything.

I think that I was a little confused on who we could use for references if they had to be "academic" or supervisors/managers from work. The peer reference was pretty straight forward. For my third reference, I chose one of my teachers who approved my fertility awareness project. I wrote my reference requests last night for one of my teachers and the dean of nursing (I heard she would be tickled if I asked her for a reference which I thought was extremely sweet :) ) after reading about references on the Internet. Hopefully they accept my requests! I'm at sort of a disadvantage since I work in case management and not too many people know about my desire to become a midwife (would probably be looked down upon in my community) coupled with the fact that I don't practice bedside nursing anymore. While reading online about references, I guess it is customary to give the people you are requesting 2 weeks to a month to return letters. I also read that most people prefer that you do not use e-mail for requesting and that it be written and sent through old fashioned snail mail. This equates to a very long process for some of us which is okay since I'm still waiting for transcripts and another copy of my nursing license. For my reference requests, I started with a Word template and replaced each section with personal information such as the school that I was applying for, what I was planning to study, why I had chosen that person as a reference person, why I wanted to be a nurse midwife, when I needed to have my application turned in by, and any specific instructions. Now I need to focus on writing my statements about why I want (would kill for ) being a nurse midwife and how I will handle the rigors of nursing school. I'm glad that I'm not alone with reference difficulties!

Hello, my name is Elizabeth. I'm in the process of putting together my application for the Frontier School of Nursing CNM class 81. The most daunting part of the application for me is choosing good references. Who has everyone else chosen or thinking about asking? So far, I have a friend/nursing supervisor who has filled out a form for me, and I am sending a letter to my dean of nursing.

Hi guys! My name is Elizabeth, and I'm applying to Frontier class 81 for the CNM. I will be graduating in May with my BSN and look forward to starting graduate school. I have two children with one on the way. I can't wait to hear about everyone's acceptances! :)