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My cohorts and I all had L&D or maternal/child experience. This is not a requirement however. If you have a strong gpa, essay, and references I believe that will help. The online format varies class to class. There are many papers, weekly discussion boards, online presentations, quizzes, etc. There are also several on campus requirements. I am in Florida as well and am doing my clinicals with a midwifery group I work with. Shenandoah will help find a clinical site if you have difficulties securing one a year prior to you beginning clinical. I have not heard of anyone having extreme difficulties thus far. I am very pleased with GWU/Shenadoah so far.

rd62, I graduated with my ADN in December 2014. Started working as a newborn RN attending deliveries and in the NICU in January 2015. Was accepted into George Washington University's RN-MSN program in April 2015 and began in August 2015. I wrote an essay outlining my personal experience with midwives and interviewed with two CNMs who head the program before being accepted. I love the program so far. It is part time, I will be awarded the BSN degree in December 2016, and I will graduate with my MSN the summer of 2018. They have the program set up so that many courses are transferred into the MSN portion of the program as well. It is distance learning with some campus requirements. The clinicals are completed in your community. They also have a traditional MSN CNM program as well.

Have you seen births in person before? They are a beautiful part of life, but not for the faint of heart. A woman may need repairs or a number of other "procedures". You will be required to demonstrate that you can place IVs, draw labs, place urinary catheters and much more in nursing school. You will be expected to do these things on a regular basis as a L&D nurse. What do you consider a "scary procedure"?

I am an RN and a grad student working on my CNM. A registered nurse program includes both class work and clinical hours. It is a generalized nursing education. There are no speciality focuses for a RN degree. You can chose to pursue an associates degree (ASN or ADN) or a baccalaureate degree (BSN) in nursing. If your goal is to get your masters degree (MSN) to become a CNM you will need a BSN at some point, unless you do a CNM ASN to MSN bridge program. There are often prerequisites to nursing programs as well. There really are no short cuts to becoming a CNM. While some of the courses may seem like they're not directly related, your nursing education will be a foundation for your practice and education as a midwife. Labor & Delivery nurses are RNs. Most hospitals are leaning towards hiring mostly BSN prepared RNs so if you are planning on working as an L&D nurse for a period of time you may want to consider pursing your BSN and work on making some connections while in school. It'll be a lot of work, but completely worth it if it's where your heart is.

Sorry for the delayed response. I did do the night/weekend option. It depends on your instructor each semester, but typically around 20 hours for the whole semester. They do periodically keep the lab open until 8pm or so. You can also go to the Plant City campus lab if you get desperate and need different hours. There aren't weekend lab hours however.

I started HCC's program in spring of 2013. Let me know if I can be of any help or insight! Hope you all get your admission decisions soon.

Congratulations! I was accepted to the Nurse Midwifery track. I too am trying to figure out how to navigate their financial aid.

ASN- 25, will be 26 when I finish my BSN.

I'm applying to GWU's ADN to CNM bridge program. I haven't been able to find many posts from previous applicants so I'm a bit nervous and unfamiliar with what their standard students's stats are.

If you intend on taking prerequisite courses at HCC prior to being accepted into the nursing program then you have to submit them before you can register. If you are not going take any other classes, then you can submit them with your application for the program.

I think two to three semesters is more realistic. You cannot register for A&P II before you complete A&P I. Plus, you want to make sure you keep your prereq GPA very high. It's competitive!

I am also a Vet Tech (approximately 8 years now) and a student nurse. My ultimate goal is to be a CRNA. The pay varies greatly in the veterinary field. Many small day practices cannot afford large salaries. If you happen to specialize and go into emergency, critical care, surgical or other specialty (cardio, internal, etc.) you can make pay equal to that of a newer nurse. I worked in a large emergency/ICU practice in a large metropolitan area (worked mostly in the OR) and made close to 60,000 annually. The job itself has many similarities and just as many differences as that of being an RN. My recommendation would be to work as an RN and volunteer your time within veterinary practices/shelters if that's a passion of yours.

The handbook says 2" below the shoulder seam. I'm just not sure what the shoulder seam is. It doesn't specifically say on the sleeve. Just on the shoulder. I'll clarify with my instructor, but so far the consensus is on the sleeve.

Are our HCC patches suppose to be sewn 2" below the left shoulder seam on the front or sleeve? I've seen both.