The Nurse-Midwifery Program at Shenandoah University offers a number of programs to meet the needs of each student.
Through our Midwifery Initiative you can even receive your Graduate degree from a collaborating school and receive your midwifery education at Shenandoah University:
Nurse-Midwifery at Shenandoah
The Nurse-Midwifery Curriculum 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 graduates of the Shenandoah University Nurse-Midwifery Programs are qualified to take the National Certification Examination of the American Midwifery Certification Board which meets the licensure requirements for all states in the United States.
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- Application Information
- Tuition and Fees
- Academic Calendars
- Explaining Midwifery Curriculum
- Post Graduate Certificate in Midwifery Information Sheet
- MSN in Midwifery Information Sheet
Please contact Admissions for additional information at 540-665-4581
- 2021-2022 Academic Calendar
- ACNM Preceptor Resources
- Precepting 101: Teaching Strategies and Tips for Success for Preceptors
- ACNM Position Statement on Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, and Safety
- Fall Semester Information for Preceptors
- Spring Semester Information for Preceptors
- Summer Semester Information for Preceptors
Graduation data for both full-time and part-time students:
Certification
In 2019 The Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) required programs to set and publicize their goal for certification within one year of graduation as well as certification rate results. Our certification rate goal is 85%.
The master’s degree in nursing and post-graduate certificate in nurse-midwifery is fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), ACME National Office, 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1230, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Tel: 240-485-1803; acme@acnm.org; www.midwife.org/acme.