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BSN to DNP: Nurse Midwifery
BSN to DNP: Nurse Midwifery Track
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Nurse Midwifery is a degree that focuses on the assessment and application of existing evidence to improve practice. Taught as a cohort program, students are educated in the fundamental skills necessary to make a difference in the discipline of midwifery. In addition to didactic midwifery focused courses, students take courses throughout the program focused on population-level health care, organizational systems, leadership, business management, clinical scholarship, information technology, and policy-making. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Nurse Midwifery track, is a full-time, partially frontloaded program, designed to meet the competencies for doctoral education in midwifery set forth by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and to meet the ACNM Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice.
The program prepares students as expert nurse midwives for every stage and in every setting in which midwifery care is delivered. Because nurse midwives are responsible for direct patient care, students gain hands-on experience in providing gynecologic, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and breastfeeding care under the supervision of Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) faculty. Nurse midwifery students will attend births in a variety of settings with a heavy focus on normal physiological birth. They will also be prepared to recognize and co-manage high-risk obstetric and gynecologic cases within an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Course List
Code
Title
Credits
Foundation Core Courses
NURS 7601
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
NURS 7605
Advanced Health Policy
NURS 7608
Research Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
NURS 7610
Advanced Nursing Roles and Reflective Practice
DNP Core Courses
NURS 7611
Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health
NURS 7612
Research Translation for Clinical Practice
NURS 7613
Finance and Quality Management in Healthcare Organizations
NURS 7614
Information Technology for Healthcare Improvement
NURS 7615
Leadership and Interprofessional Collaboration
NURS 7687
DNP Immersion
NURS 7697
DNP Seminar I
NURS 7699
DNP Seminar II
Advanced Practice Core Courses
NURS 7604
Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 7640
Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology
NURS 7641
Advanced Pharmacology
Midwifery Courses
NSMW 7620
Antepartum Care
NSMW 7622
Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery I
NSMW 7623
Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery II
NSMW 7625
Intrapartum Care
NSMW 7627
Advanced Midwifery Management: At-Risk Childbirth
NSMW 7951
Antepartum Clinical
NSMW 7952
Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery Clinical
NSMW 7953
Intrapartum Clinical
NSMW 7954
Advanced Midwifery Clinical
NSMW 7955
Integration to Nurse-Midwifery Practice
Total Credits
75
A total of 1000 practicum/immersion hours is required for the DNP Midwifery.
Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall
Credits
NURS 7604
Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 7610
Advanced Nursing Roles and Reflective Practice
NURS 7640
Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology
NSMW 7620
Antepartum Care
NSMW 7951
Antepartum Clinical
Credits
16
Spring
NURS 7601
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
NURS 7608
Research Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
NURS 7641
Advanced Pharmacology
NURS 7697
DNP Seminar I
NSMW 7622
Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery I
Credits
13
Summer
NURS 7612
Research Translation for Clinical Practice
NSMW 7623
Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery II
NSMW 7952
Primary Care and Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health for Nurse Midwifery Clinical
Credits
Second Year
Fall
NURS 7613
Finance and Quality Management in Healthcare Organizations
NURS 7614
Information Technology for Healthcare Improvement
NSMW 7625
Intrapartum Care
NSMW 7953
Intrapartum Clinical
Credits
11
Spring
NURS 7605
Advanced Health Policy
NURS 7687
DNP Immersion
NSMW 7627
Advanced Midwifery Management: At-Risk Childbirth
NSMW 7954
Advanced Midwifery Clinical
Credits
Summer
NURS 7611
Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health
Credits
Third Year
Fall
NURS 7687
DNP Immersion
NSMW 7955
Integration to Nurse-Midwifery Practice
Credits
Spring
NURS 7615
Leadership and Interprofessional Collaboration
NURS 7687
DNP Immersion
NURS 7699
DNP Seminar II
Credits
Total Credits
75
A total of 1000 practicum/immersion hours are required for the DNP. One credit of immersion equals 50 hours.
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