"OB-nurse" vs. CNM....difference?

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What is the difference between an OB-nurse, and a CNM? Differences as far as .....salary (south, Florida specifically), education needed, opportunities, places of work (office, hosp, etc), and anything else you could think of! Thanks! :D

Hi, I'm a CNM hopeful and just wanted to jump in and say that Philly University and University of Cincinatti both have distance education programs as well. For those of you in (or have been in) distance ed, I have a question. How did you find a CNM to do clinical training with? Does the school keep a list of CNM's willing to work with them?

As more schools become online based, the list of CNM's and clinical sites grows. Schools have established relationships with certain CNM's. Over time clinical sites are "shared" by schools because of the online learning experience.

I used a clinical site that had been used by Yale and Frontier; I was the first person from my school to go there.

My school (East Carolina) is always interested in new clinical sites and you can approach the faculty with a potential site and they will investigate it. It has to be appropriate for the course you are in (of course), and there are contracts and paperwork that needs to be completed which can take many months.

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.
As more schools become online based, the list of CNM's and clinical sites grows. Schools have established relationships with certain CNM's. Over time clinical sites are "shared" by schools because of the online learning experience.

I used a clinical site that had been used by Yale and Frontier; I was the first person from my school to go there.

My school (East Carolina) is always interested in new clinical sites and you can approach the faculty with a potential site and they will investigate it. It has to be appropriate for the course you are in (of course), and there are contracts and paperwork that needs to be completed which can take many months.

Is it safe to say that a big city like Pittsburgh would all ready have an "approved" clinical site?

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

FYI: while CNM training is years off for me, I've been looking into University of Cincinatti, Frontier, and Philly.

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Is it safe to say that a big city like Pittsburgh would all ready have an "approved" clinical site?

I'd try googling "CNM in Pittsburgh" and see what you come up with...

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.
I'd try googling "CNM in Pittsburgh" and see what you come up with...

Great, I think I found something. Is a "prectorship" and a clinical location the same thing?

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Specializes in Orthopedics.

Hey sirl I want to be a WHNP,CNM and an FNP How did you do it??

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I'm currently an LPN with the ultimate goal of becoming a CNM. Which route would be wiser: LPN to BSN to MSN... OR LPN to RN to MSN?? Which route would be faster and more cost effective? Which route would have more CNM schools open/available to me.. as a RN or BSN? Ready to take the next step further to becoming a CNM, just not sure which route to take to get there?! How many years until I reach my ultimate goal of becoming a CNM? Thank you for any information or insight you might have!

On another note I'm also considering becoming a CPM. The care setting of a CPM is more what I'm looking for compared to the hospital doctor supervised CNM. However, when considering job security and all the different state regulations CNM sounds like the more solid route to take to becoming a midwife. My husband is in the Navy, which has greatly affected my career and schooling due to the uncertainty as to where we will be living in the future. Not knowing where we will be from year to year makes schooling extremely difficult. Online schooling is gonna have to be the way to go for me. We own a home in Jacksonville, FL near Gainesville, FL where they have a MEAC accredited CPM program, which would be most ideal for me at this time. However, we will be in Virginia until at least June 2012 and unsure as to where after that. Waiting another year and a half hoping we move back to Jacksonville, FL isn't ideal when I could spend the next year and a half advancing to becoming a CNM.

So much to consider! I appreciate any helpful advice!!

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
I'm currently an LPN with the ultimate goal of becoming a CNM. Which route would be wiser: LPN to BSN to MSN... OR LPN to RN to MSN?? Which route would be faster and more cost effective? Which route would have more CNM schools open/available to me.. as a RN or BSN?

By RN vs. BSN, I assume you mean ADN vs. BSN? If so, I would recommend going for the BSN. For almost all CNM programs, you need to have a BSN to enter, or you will be required to take a year of bridge coursework in order to enter the program.

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bump....any new thoughts? What are the cnm/whnp programs out there? Do you think this may be education overload to get both?

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
bump....any new thoughts? What are the cnm/whnp programs out there? Do you think this may be education overload to get both?

I think it's redundant to get both. If you get a nurse-midwifery degree, it covers the entire scope of WHNP, and then some.

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what about fnp/cnm? How is this certification maintained?

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