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 7780: Evidence Based Nursing Scholarship (3)
- NRSPRCT 8490: Health Promotion, Theory, and Population Health (2)
- NRSPRCT 8500: Nursing Policy for Doctoral Nursing Practice (2)
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.
Women’s Health Nurse-Midwifery Dual NP Self Audit Checklist
Standard curriculum plans
Women’s Health Nurse-Midwifery Dual NP