If you plan to be a midwife - then you need to get your baccalaureate RN (four year) degree in nursing. You can be a lay midwife, but since you will be an RN, you should get your master's degree in midwifery. You can make LOTS of money.
You can't get your master's in midwifery without a BSN (baccalaureate) degree. If you get your 2 year degree (associate degree), then you will have to go back to school to get the BSN, and then go back again to get the MSN in midwifery.
Also you will get lots more training in midwifery in a MSN program and since you will already be an RN, you will be held to a higher standard than a lay midwife. It's just like an RN is held to higher standards of action, in say an emergency situation, than a lay person. So, you really need to get the MSN in midwifery and for that you will need the BSN or 4 year nursing degree.
You are so young, you really should just do the BSN now, because I promise you, you will want it later.
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