The Certificate of Graduate Study is restricted to students who hold a master’s degree in nursing.  The program of study is designed to augment the student’s prior graduate study through advanced practice preparation in nurse midwifery.

The Nurse Midwifery program prepares registered nurses to provide direct patient management in primary care and hospital. Graduates are employed in a variety of settings including the hospital, community health clinics, birth centers, and women’s health care settings.

The curriculum prepares students to take the national certification exam from the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).

Entry Options

The Advanced Practice Nursing Certificate program offers two entry points for students:

1. MSN certified and practicing as an APRN (please note after admission a GAP analysis will be done to determine specific plan of study).
2. MSN not certified as Advanced Practice Nurses

Requirements for earning the Certificate include:

1. Completion of an approved program of study;
2. A GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) on all courses attempted for graduate credit and all courses numbered 700 and above;
3. A GPA of a 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) on all courses on the approved program of study;
4. Minimum 27 credit hours for students already certified for advanced practice nursing who need to obtain additional certification.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate professionalism at the advanced nursing level in caring for women across the lifespan.
2. Pursue quality, effectiveness, and innovation in shared leadership of interprofessional health teams in caring for women across the lifespan.

Admissions Requirements

Entry

The Nurse-Midwife, Certificate program offers two entry points for students:

1. MSN certified and practicing as an APRN (please note after admission a GAP analysis will be done to determine specific plan of study).
2. MSN not certified as Advanced Practice Nurses

Degree Requirements (27-39 Hours)

All Nurse Midwife, CGS students will take the following courses: (27-39 hours)

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
NURS 707	Advanced Pathophysiology for Nurses 3	3
NURS 702	Pharmacologic Mgmt in Pediatric, Adult, & Gerontological Patients Across Hlthcare Delivery Continuum 3	3
NURS 704	Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 1,3	3
NURS 718	Diagnostic Interpretation and Therapeutic Modalities 3	3
NURS 749	Foundations of Midwifery	2
NURS 744	Anatomy and Physiology for the Certified Nurse Midwife	3
NURS 752	Nurse-Midwifery Management: Antepartum & PostPartum Care 2	7
NURS 753	Nurse-Midwifery Management: Intrapartum, Immediate Postpartum & Newborn Care 1,2	7
NURS 754	Nurse-Midwifery Management: Integration Practicum 2	3
NURS 755	Professional Roles of the Certified Nurse Midwife	2
NURS 762	Midwifery Care in Women’s Health 2	3
Total Credit Hours		39

¹

Indicates on campus immersion course.

²

Indicates practicum course.

³

Students pursuing the Nurse-Midwife Certificate of Graduate Study who demonstrate formal education in one or all of these courses may not be required to take one or all of the courses. Determination will be done after admission via Gap Analysis.