Shenandoah University Nurse-Midwifery Curriculum

 

MSN Curriculum for those who have a BSN:  Credential earned: MSN

Core Courses

Course

Title

Credits

Total: 45

N506

Applied Data Analysis

3

N512

Theory, Research & Reasoning I

3

N521

Theory, Research & Reasoning II

3

N530

Issues in Health Care

3

N540

Advanced Role Development

1

N550

Advanced Pharmacology & Therapeutics

3

N560

Advanced Concepts in Physiology and Pathophysiology

3

N580

Advanced Health Promotion and Assessment Across the Life Span

4

N590

Nursing Research Project

1

Nurse-Midwifery Courses

 

NM610*

Primary Care of Women

3

NM620*

Comprehensive Antepartal Care

3

NM630*

Midwifery Practicum

3

NM640*

Comprehensive Perinatal Care

3

NM650*

Integrated Midwifery Practicum

6

NM660*

Advanced Nurse-Midwifery Role Development

1

 

Graduate Elective

3

*These are the only courses that Post Master’s Certificate students and Midwifery Initiative students would take.

 

RN to MSN Curriculum for the RN with an ASN or a Diploma

Prerequisites: General Education Courses

Course Number

Name or Type of Course

Credits

 

Psychology

3

 

General Education (Cultured Individual)*

2

 

Chemistry

4

 

Statistics

3

 

Sociology

3

 

Religion/Philosophy (Moral Reasoning)

3

 

Public Speaking

3

 

Humanities

3

 

Total General Education Prerequisite Credits

24

Bridge Courses

Course Number

Name or Type of Course

Credits

N311

Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice

2

N306**

Theory, Reasoning and Research in Nursing

3

N401***

Human Health Across the Lifespan: Communities

5

N404

Reflections on the Art of Nursing II

2

 

Total Bridge Course Credits

12

MSN Core Courses

Course Number

Name or Type of Course

Credits

N506

Applied Data Analysis

3

N512

Theory, Research & Reasoning I

3

N521

Theory, Research & Reasoning II

2

N530

Roles and Issues in Advanced Practice

 

3

N540

Advanced Practice Role Development

1

N550

Advanced Pharmacology & Therapeutics

3

N560

Advanced Concepts in Physiology and Pathophysiology

3

N580

Advanced Health Promotion and Assessment Across the Life Span

4

N590

Nursing Research Project

1

 

Total Core and Pre/Co credits

23

NMT Courses

Course Number

Name or Type of Course

Credits

NM610

Primary Care of Women

3

NM620

Comprehensive Antepartal Care

3

NM630

Midwifery Practicum

3

NM640

Comprehensive Perinatal Care

3

NM650

Integrated Midwifery Practicum

6

NM660

Advanced Nurse-Midwifery Role Development

1

 

Graduate Elective

3

 

Total

22

* ( ) denotes courses corresponding with Shenandoah University’s General Education Curriculum

** Students must have had a statistics course before taking N306

***Before taking N401 students must demonstrate competency in health assessment in one of the following ways:

1.        Successful completion of an undergraduate health assessment course (such as N201 for the HSM specialty), or

2.        Successful completion of N580 (for NM and FNP specialties), or

3.     Successful completion of the NLN Health Assessment Challenge Exam and a BSN level practical physical examination.