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What are some majors specific to being a Nurse Midwife?

I am looking forward to becoming a nurse midwife. I am about to enter my first year of college and I do not want to waste my time or money by signing up for an unnecessary course. I need support on my journey toward midwifery. #education #nurse-midwife #support

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Stephani’s Answer

You would need to go through nursing school and then get a Master's (or a Doctorate of nursing practice-DNP which will be required in the near future), and pass a national board exam for nursing and advanced practice nursing (in your case midwifery). I would definitely recommend obtaining your Bachelor's and RN license and working on a labor and delivery/post partum unit for a couple years before or during your graduate school, however. There are many aspects to the job that just can't be taught in books and that you may miss during your clinical time. The last thing you want to do is enter into a career with people's lives and children's lives in your hands with absolutely no experience going into it. If you work as an RN for a while, you will gain experience, network, and get on the job training that will be useful to you as a midwife.

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Kristen’s Answer

If you're just starting out undergrad and not looking to waste time, be enrolled in a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing program. To proceed to school for nurse-midwifery, which is at minimum a Master's degree, you need to already have your BSN. I agree with gaining experience as a nurse between your BSN and MSN, but it doesn't HAVE to be in labor and delivery. I was a pediatric nurse with a small amount of NICU and PICU experience when I became a midwife. NICU, Postpartum, ER, OR, even working MedSurg as a nurse will be valuable to you as folks' regular medical problems don't just stop when they're pregnant. Working in L&D as a nurse, you learn the model of obstetrics, and not always the model of midwifery care, unless you're lucky enough to be a nurse at a hospital with midwives where you'll see the difference. But work as a nurse first, you'll learn valuable time management and prioritization skills that simply can't be taught in a school program.
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