Nairobi
If I apply to a school and they do not have nursing (only RN nursing), but I want to be a midwife, what should my path be or my next step?
Hello, my name is Nairobi and I am a senior in High school. I go to school in Dorchester, and I have applied to colleges already and have been accepted into my first college choice, which is Framingham State University. They do not have nursing for first year students but have RN courses, which I cannot take... I was wondering if someone could give me advice on what my steps should be or if it is a waste of money to go there. They do have biology and I have applied undecided. I do not have qualifying grades to get into a nursing program so I have to take another path, to become a midwife.
I know I want to be a midwife for sure. I did an internship my junior year of High school at Boston Medical Center in the Labor Delivery Department and I loved every day there. I thought I wanted to be a NICU Nurse but after spending some time in the NICU at Boston Medical Center I realized I was not really interested. I know that I have to take a different path because my grades do not allow me to get into a nursing program unless I got to community college (Which I dint want to attend but I am not against). HELP? #doctor #nursing #mid-wife
2 answers
Gary Petito (Veteran)
Gary’s Answer
http://www.midwife.org/About-the-Midwifery-Profession
Hi, this is the first time I have answered a question about Midwife as a career...I knew nothing about it but found a good link for you:
http://www.midwife.org/About-the-Midwifery-Profession This gives you a lot of information about careers, education, certification, etc.
Hopefully a nice nurse or midwife will answer your question with a little more detail :)
Good luck!
Jared Buescher
Jared’s Answer
I'm not 100% certain what you mean about "no nursing for 1st year students." No school has nursing school for 1st year students, only preferential admission into their nursing program as a Freshman which is a separate program you have to apply for and such. Nursing programs in every college I've ever heard of has prerequisite classes for nursing school that you complete and then apply to nursing school. The prerequisite classes usually take two years and include Anatomy, Biology, Microbiology, etc. You cannot take nursing classes until you are admitted into the university's nursing school. The school you applied to has an RN-BSN program, meaning you have to have gone to nursing school, passed boards and gained a nursing license as a nurse, and then can be admitted to this program to finish your bachelors. This is the approach i took in order to get a degree from my 1st choice school. I got my Associates Degree and was able to take boards to get my RN license, then got admitted to a RN to BSN program. If you wish to obtain your BSN straight out then you have to go to a school that has a full Nursing Program. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask