Nurse Midwifery
Specialty Area Information
The Nurse-Midwifery (NM) program, which began in 1973, is a well-established specialty at the University of Minnesota, School of Nursing. This program combines academic preparation with clinical skills for the independent management of health care of women and newborns. Further, students receive additional academic preparation in health care policy, economics, evidence-based practice, evaluation and informatics and complete a systems change project while in the program. DNP midwifery graduates will be prepared to more quickly fulfill leadership roles in the health care setting.
Courses are offered in a web-based format, with multi-day on-campus seminars approximately 2 to 3 times per semester, in Minneapolis. By taking the courses in a web-based or online format, students may complete the midwifery program without having to relocate. Trips to campus to interact with faculty and other students allow for development of a professional learning community and enhance professional socialization. Midwifery clinical sites are used in or near a student's home community if available. Travel may be necessary depending on available midwifery practice locations. The online program is primarily geared to students in the 5-state upper Midwest region of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. For more information about online learning, please visit Online Learning Opportunities.
Nurse-Midwives assist women and families to promote and maintain health, and to facilitate optimal individual and family integrity in the context of culture and community. Upon successful completion of the course of study, graduates will be eligible to take the national certification examination offered by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) http://www.amcbmidwife.org/ .
The nurse-midwifery specialty is accredited by:
Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME)
American College of Nurse Midwives
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: (Main) 240-485-1800
Fax: 240-485-1818
American College of Nurse-Midwives website: http://www.midwife.org/
ACME website: http://www.acnm.org/doa.cfm Learn More About Our Program
To learn more about our program, please click on the links below: Courses in the Curriculum: Sample curriculum plan for full-time student (3-year)
Sample curriculum plan for full-time student (4-year) - Advanced Physiology
- Assessment & Management of Health for APNs, Part 1
- Midwifery
- Clinical Integration
- DNP Proseminar
- DNP Seminar 1, 2, and 3
- Economics of Health Care
- EdPsy5261 Statistics
- Epidemiology
- Evidence Based practice
- Health Care Leadership for a Changing World
- Health Policy Leadership
- Holistic Health Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Healthcare Informatics
- Moral & Ethical Positions in Nursing
- Nurse-Midwifery Care of the Childbearing Family
- Nursing Research
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacotherapeutics
- Primary Care Clinical Practicum
- Program Evaluation
- Reproductive Health Care for Women
- Reproductive Health Care for Women Practicum
- Reproductive Healthcare for Women at Risk
- Science of Nursing Intervention
- Teaching & Learning in Nursing
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For more information, please contact the Office of Student & Career Advancement Services.
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