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In a hospital. I don't plan on having my own practice

I've been thinking about whether I want to be a midwife or OBGYN, and midwife is certainly winning. Recently, I was speaking to my Aunt and she told me she has delivered 8 babies in 3 days, and how she delivers one every shift. Which leads me to wonder, how often do hospital based midwives deliver? On average is it every shift, or every 3 shifts? I'm aware that midwives as a primary caretaker is like 7% which has me concerned I won't be doing much on the OB side of things.

I know that midwives are only able to care for women with healthy pregnancies, but there's still some things I need clarified... 1) Can a CNM do a vacuum or forcep delivery? 2) Can a CNM deliver twins? I'd hate to have to pass over a woman I was seeing to an OB because she's having twins. I do however know triplets and the like is a different story. General question: When do you think they'll change the requirements from a MSN to DNP?

Sorry for the very late response. Not sure if you still care, but I at first was not interested because I thought that there more additional schooling than the average NP, and I wasn't too fond of the idea of the gyn part of the job, so hating half my job was not idealic. However now, I plan to become a CNM. The gyn part of the job I believe I can grow to love; and after extended research I found I was misinformed of the education requirements. Thank you for all your help!

I'm a Senior in HS, and know for sure that I want to become a nurse, and eventually become a NP. Recently, I was thinking of working (not just obtaining certification) of an EMT while in nursing school. It seems like working as a CNA would make more sense, but I think that as an EMT I would probably enjoy my job day-to-day more; the healthcare professionals I know make it sound like CNAs do all the dirty work like wiping the patient's ass all day, and, it would bring in a few bucks. However, I'm not sure if being an EMT would help at all? Is that something that would look nice on a resume? I do NOT have ANY desire once so ever to become an ER nurse, or do anything ER for that matter. I actually want to become a CNM. So would becoming an EMT be a waste of time? Is there anyone here who has worked as one, and the skills they learned helped their nursing career?

Perinatal Nursing | About Careers and Schools I didn't think it would, but then I read this and get confused..

I'm not really interested in becoming a midwife. I was set on being a L&D nurse, but if being a Perinatal Nurse Practitioner is a real thing, I think I'll go with that.

I for a long time had desire to be a Labor & Delivery Nurse. But under the encouragement of my family I have been contemplating becoming a Nurse Practitioner. If I oblige, I would want a specialty with similar roles; monitoring fetal heart rate, ultrasounds and most importantly assisting in delivery. All of the specialties as a Nurse Practitioner I've read about thus far do not assist in delivery, or even attend, besides a Perinatal Nurse Practitioner. Does this specialization exist? And if it does, do any of you know the average salary? thanks in advance