Skips MSN, RN

I'm pretty introverted and I did just fine as a labor nurse. It was about enjoying my work and facilitating a safe, connected birth experience for my patient and their family. If you can do that, you'll be fine.

How did you get a school to take you seriously? I've only gotten one interview at an ADN program and the pay was dismal, so I declined the job offer. They wanted me to teach a specialty I don't have experience in, too. I felt too uncomfortable with i...

This is really tough for me to swallow, but I'm not loving nursing as a career. I graduated from my BSN program almost a year ago. I was at the top of my class. I worked very hard for 4 years to get this degree. So why am I not loving nursing? Since ...

Hi! I'm still here and still a nurse. I am in a certified nurse-midwife program now. I'm glad I didn't leave nursing. However, I would have gone to teaching instead if the pay and treatment of teachers wasn't so horrendous, honestly.

Hello! I moved from Nebraska (compact state) to Virginia (compact state), so I can't relate to the non-compact state timeline. It took me awhile to get my required documents together, but it does take about 4-6 weeks. I had to do fingerprinting....

Congrats! Welcome to OB! 😊

I worked in an OB/GYN clinic when I wanted a break from the hospital. I really enjoyed it. In fact, it's been my favorite job so far! I did telephone triage more than doing hands-on clinic. You could try an OB case manager for an insurance comp...

You have NRP already and you've shown interest. Keep applying! The manager knows your name and your interest, so you do have an advantage. Mother Baby is difficult to get into because it's where good nurses go to die in a good way. The babies, ...

How did it go? I recommend Googling "behavioral based interview questions" and practicing those if you didn't before. If you got the job, you don't need this advice. (I hope you did get the job!).

Hello! Taking that exam without any clinical experience in interpreting fetal monitoring sounds like a nightmare. I'm sorry you have to do this for school. The requirement I had to do for CNM school was either have my certification or take an AW...

I agree. That situation is quite odd! Klone, I love this reply! I've been following your posts since before I ever started in OB...as a nursing student, really. Your posts are always helpful and I appreciate the honesty. I second the Mosby'...

I know you have a hard time believing this, but you are on the right track. That sounds exactly right. L&D is a beast to learn. It's a specialty you don't really spend time on during nursing school because it's indeed so incredibly speciali...

Hi! I wanted to see how you're doing. I found out I was pregnant 2 months before I got accepted to midwife school. I like to keep myself busy. 😛 I gave birth during my first fall semester of CNM school and it has been difficult, but I start cli...

Your career started in the midst of a pandemic, which hadn't happened in the U.S. in one hundred years. That would be enough to send many people to therapy without the added stress of a tough specialty. I remember feeling unhappy with nursing f...

I got my RNC-OB certification first, then did C-EFM second. I'd say get either one first. If they're both paid for, why not both? If only one is paid for, get C-EFM first.

Hello! It's been a few weeks since you posted, but just in case anyone else needs advice I thought I'd chime in. Cervical checks are difficult. You never learned how to do them in school. It's not a typical nursing skill across the board...

Hello, all! I just graduated with my Master's in Nursing Education. (yay!) I am studying for the CNE exam. I have studied for about a week using Billings & Halstead and the NLN Review Book. I downloaded the CNE study app...but unlocking most of t...

Hello! I am finishing up my application for Frontier's next class for nurse midwifery. Frontier is very competitive, so I'm nervous. I also plan to apply to Bethel's midwifery program. -My undergraduate GPA for my BSN is 3.5. My graduate G...

I didn't have to do an interview with Frontier. I'm surprised, but it wasn't too bad of an application process.

Best of luck to everyone! I got accepted to Frontier, so I gave up my interview spot. I hope everyone gets in, you will all rock it.

Shortly after March 1st, we should hear back about interviews. Best of luck to you all! Report back!

Oh we are applying to the same class! Best of luck! And congrats on graduating this year! I think it’s great that you know what you want to do. Frontier does not find clinical preceptors for you like Bethel does, but they have mentors who c...

Hello! I was a full-time L&D nurse for 4 years on night shift. I struggled with the learning curve and I suffered from anxiety. At the 1.5-2 year mark, I finally felt better and I had my stride for a bit. At the 3 year mark, the anxiety came...

Yes, you are spot on in describing my experience as a labor nurse. This helped a lot. Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. It is appreciated. I think some of it was related to having to be away from home at night 3-4 nights per week. I only saw my fiancé (now husband) half the week due to working opposite schedules. We were having a rocky ...