Certificate in Post-Masters in Midwifery

The Division of Nursing offers a Nurse-Midwifery Certificate for RNs who already hold a Master of Science in Nursing degree. The Nurse-Midwifery Certificate is designed to provide the student with the necessary skills and knowledge to assume the role of a certified nurse-midwife in a variety of clinical settings pertinent to nurse-midwifery care. Didactic and clinical course content focuses on role development, assessment and management of women's health, antepartal, intrapartal, postpartal, and neonatal periods as well as primary women's health throughout the lifespan. Clinical experiences are in a wide variety of ambulatory and community rural and medically underserved health care settings appropriate to the nurse-midwifery track.

The certificate is designed to meet the needs and be sensitive to the MSN-prepared RN with the philosophy that post-master's students are highly motivated adult learners who learn independently as well as in structured settings. Course work can be completed in 12 months of full-time study or 24 months of part-time study. Didactic courses are offered one day a week. Clinical experiences are arranged with individual preceptors in surrounding communities. A minimum of 720 clinical hours are inherent in this program however, the curriculum has two unique features: it is competency-based, and is dependent on the birth of babies. Both features may require more clinical hours than are allotted for in the formal clinical clock hour ratio outlined in the program. These two unique features are explained to students upon entry into the program. Graduates of the Graduate Program of the Division of Nursing within the Nursing-Midwifery Track are eligible to sit for the national certification examination given by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). Upon successful completion of this national examination the graduate will be recognized as a Certified Nurse-Midwife.

Prerequisites in addition to the MSN include 3 credits of advanced pathophysiology, 3 credits of advanced pharmacology and 3 credits of a general health assessment course. All courses must be at the 500 level or above.

Admission Criteria:

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Degree Requirements:The degree requirement is 19 semester hours with a grade of B or better in all courses. Clinical practicum is approximately 700 clock hours.

Prerequisites, in addition to the MSN, include 3 credits of advanced pathophysiology, 3 credits of advanced pharmacology, 3 credits of a general health assessment course. All courses must be at the 500 level or above.

Minimum grade of B required in all specialty courses.

Nurse-Midwifery Certificate Specialty Courses

Course Title Hrs.
NM 610 Primary Care of Women 3*
NM 620 Comprehensive Antepartal Care 3*
NM 630 Midwifery Practicum 3*
NM 640 Comprehensive Perinatal Care 3*
NM 650 Integrated Midwifery Practicum 6*

 

NM 660

 

 Advanced Nurse-Midwifery Role Development 1
Total 19

*This course includes clinical experiences.The ratio of clinical to clock hours is 1 clinical hour = 4 clock hours.

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