Is Midwifery still a good degree to do?
Hello,
I am a marine scientist who hasn't had any luck in the field and am being told I'm too dumb for the industry despite my qualifications and experience.
I've been going back and forth on what I can do next... a lot of questions and ideas, do I go corporate do I place it safe etc which sounds great in theory but I'm a very practical person and need to en engaged in my work.
After going through some practical jobs, I thought midwifery would be the best move. It has science, its practical and it tapes into my caring nature
Is this the right move? Are there still jobs in the area? or shall I find something else?
I am a marine scientist who hasn't had any luck in the field and am being told I'm too dumb for the industry despite my qualifications and experience.
I've been going back and forth on what I can do next... a lot of questions and ideas, do I go corporate do I place it safe etc which sounds great in theory but I'm a very practical person and need to en engaged in my work.
After going through some practical jobs, I thought midwifery would be the best move. It has science, its practical and it tapes into my caring nature
Is this the right move? Are there still jobs in the area? or shall I find something else?
Original post by crazymartyeo
Hello,
I am a marine scientist who hasn't had any luck in the field and am being told I'm too dumb for the industry despite my qualifications and experience.
I've been going back and forth on what I can do next... a lot of questions and ideas, do I go corporate do I place it safe etc which sounds great in theory but I'm a very practical person and need to en engaged in my work.
After going through some practical jobs, I thought midwifery would be the best move. It has science, its practical and it tapes into my caring nature
Is this the right move? Are there still jobs in the area? or shall I find something else?
I am a marine scientist who hasn't had any luck in the field and am being told I'm too dumb for the industry despite my qualifications and experience.
I've been going back and forth on what I can do next... a lot of questions and ideas, do I go corporate do I place it safe etc which sounds great in theory but I'm a very practical person and need to en engaged in my work.
After going through some practical jobs, I thought midwifery would be the best move. It has science, its practical and it tapes into my caring nature
Is this the right move? Are there still jobs in the area? or shall I find something else?
Midwifery is a unique position for those who does it.
It's a fantastic job being a midwife.
You'll find a midwife job without issues either in the hospital settings or the community. Not everyone wants to work in a hospital as some prefer the community side whereas others prefer the hospital sides of the job.
Only problem for you is that if you change your mind after you qualify as a midwife after 3 years that you want to be a adult nurse instead you'll have to unfortunately go back to university for another 3 years as you can't transfer from midwifery to adult nurse.
You'll be able to transfer from a adult nurse to midwifery after a few years after qualifying as you need some nursing experience behind you before you can do this. You can do a 20 months shortened top-up midwife degree to become a midwife. But only issue is you'll have to make sure that the university you are going to for this shortened top-up course is still available for you to do as majority of the universities and hospitals trusts are phrasing it out and making everyone who does it do the whole three years again at university ( bad news is your adult nurse registration is temporarily suspended until you complete the midwife degree as per MNC rules and regulations). Something to look into.
Good thing is you can work on the maternity unit's as a adult nurse.
With adult nursing you have a larger area to choose from with different specialist fields that you can work in as a adult nurse.
There's also the opportunity for you to do MCA ( maternity care assistant) as you'll be working alongside the qualified midwives throughout and assist with everything that they do except for the actual deliveries.... This takes about 1 - 2 years to complete and you'll be able to work anywhere in the country as a qualified MCA. You can then use this in applying for university to become a registered midwife.
A NHS registered midwife.
(edited 1 year ago)
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