Dual Nurse-Midwifery & Women’s Health NP

Graduates of the Master of Science in Nursing Dual Nurse-Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner specialty track are prepared as primary healthcare providers for women from menarche through menopause, with a dual focus on care during pregnancy and childbirth including primary care for the normal newborn up to 28 days and reproductive-gynecologic health and male reproductive health. Graduates of the dual specialty are eligible to take the national certifying exam through the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) to become credentialed as a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) and a national certification exam through the National Certification Corporation (NCC) to become credentialed as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.

The nurse-midwifery specialty track is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME).

Core courses

  • Nursing 7403:  Innovation Leadership in Advanced Nursing Practice (3)
  • Nursing 7483:  Quality Improvement and Informatics (3)
  • Nursing 7491:  Health Promotion and Disease Prevention across the Life Span (3)
  • Nursing 7500:  Health Policy and Advocacy (2)
  • Nursing 7780:  Evidence Based Nursing Scholarship (3)

Other required courses

  • Nursing 7260:  Concepts and Issues in Advanced Family Nursing (2)
  •  Nursing 7280:  Conceptual Frameworks for Nurse-Midwifery (2)
  • Nursing 7281:  Advanced Reproductive Dynamics (3)
  • Nursing 7282:  Labor & Birth Clinical Immersion (2)
  • Nursing 7410:  Advanced Health Assessment (3)
  • Nursing 7450:  Pathophysiology of Altered Health States (5)
  • Nursing 7470:  Advanced Pharmacology in Nursing (4)
  •  Nursing 7299.01:  Advanced Practice Nursing: Dual Nurse-Midwifery & Women’s Health Clinical Practicum I (8 credit hours; 3 credits didactic, 5 credits clinical which equals 187.5* precepted clinical hours)
  • Nursing 7299.02:  Advanced Practice Nursing: Dual Nurse-Midwifery & Women’s Health Clinical Practicum II (11 credit hours; 4 credits didactic, 7 credits clinical which equals 262.5* precepted clinical hours)
  • Nursing 7299.03:  Advanced Practice Nursing: Dual Nurse-Midwifery & Women’s Health Clinical Practicum III (11 credit hours; 4 credits didactic, 7 credits clinical which equals 262.5* precepted clinical hours)
  • Nursing 7299.04:Advanced Practice Nursing: Dual Nurse-Midwifery & Women’s Health Clinical Practicum IV (11 credit hours; 1 credits didactic, 10 credits clinical which equals 375* precepted clinical hours)

* These are the minimum hours required

Self-audit checklist

Use the hyperlinked list to ensure you have taken all of the courses required for your specialty.  Your advisor will conduct a final review when you apply to graduate.  Students must have completed these courses or have a Nursing Graduate Studies Committee-approved Course Waiver petition on file.

Dual Nurse-Midwifery Womens Health NP Self Audit Checklist

 

Standard curriculum plans

Womens Health Nurse-Midwifdery Dual NP