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Nurse Midwifery
The Nurse-Midwifery major prepares the graduate
for advanced nursing practice as a Certified Nurse- Midwife (CNM) with
a Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN). Excellent clinical experiences
are available in the greater Cincinnati and tri-state area including
flourishing nurse-midwifery practices with Masters-prepared nurses
as clinical faculty. Placements range from University Hospital’s
level III facility to Community hospitals in Appalachia to Midwives’ Care,
a free-standing birth center and home birth practice.
The program is fully accredited by the American
College of Nurse-Midwives, Division of Accreditation (8403 Colesville
Road, Suite 1550, Silver Springs, MD 20910-6374, phone 240/485-1800).
Graduates are eligible to take the National Certification Examination
of the ACNM. One year’s experience in maternal child nursing is
preferred.
Program Plan (full-time & part-time
options are available)
| Courses |
Credit
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General Core |
14 |
Major Core |
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Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing
Practice |
4 |
Health Assessment for Advanced Nursing
Practice |
4 |
Advanced Physiology |
4 |
Differential Diagnosis for Women |
1 |
Family and Cultural Theories |
3 |
Primary Care of Episodic Illness
for Women |
3 |
Specialty Courses |
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Advanced Reproductive Dynamics |
3 |
Conceptual Framework for Nurse Midwifery
Practice |
3 |
Nurse Midwifery I, II, III, IV |
12 |
Nurse Midwifery Practicum I, II,
III, IV, V |
31 |
The faculty reserve the privilege of changing the
curriculum as deemed necessary for the progressive development of the
program.
Nurse Midwifery, Full-Time Program Plan
Autumn |
Winter |
Spring |
Quarter I |
Quarter II |
Quarter III |
29NURS807
Theoretical Basis for Health Promotion, Risk Reduction, & Health
Planning
3 credits 29NURS804
Statistical Analysis for ANP
3 credits 29NURS820
Advanced Physiology
4 credits 29NURS812
Health Assessment for ANP
4 credits (1 credit = 3 lab hrs.) |
29NURS813
Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice
4 credits 29NURS810
Family & Cultural Theories
3 credits 29ANPC801
Differential Diagnosis for Women
1 credit 29ANPC812
Advanced Reproductive Dynamics
3 credits 29ANPC814
Nurse Midwifery I
3 credits 29ANPC815
Nurse Midwifery Practicum I
2 credits = 6 practicum hrs. |
29ANPC810
Conceptual Framework for Nurse Midwifery Practice
3 credits 29NURS805
Research for ANP
3 credits 29ANPC816
Nurse Midwifery II
3 credits 29ANPC817
Nurse Midwifery Practicum II
4 credits = 12 practicum hrs. |
Credits/Quarter: 14
Contact Hours: 16 |
16
20 |
13
21 |
Quarter V |
Quarter VI |
Quarter VII |
29NURS808
Health Care Policy, Organization, & Finance
3 credits
29ANPC867
Nurse Midwifery III
4 credits
29ANPC868
Nurse Midwifery Practicum III
8 credits = 24 practicum hrs. |
29ANPC877
Nurse Midwifery IV
2 credits
29ANPC878
Nurse Midwifery Practicum IV
10 credits = 30 practicum hrs. |
29NURS832
Master’s Capstone Project
2 credits
29ANPC809
Primary Care of Episodic Illness for Women
3 credits
29ANPC887
Nurse Midwifery Practicum V
7 credits = 21 practicum hrs. |
Credits/Quarter: 15
Contact Hours: 31 |
12
32 |
12
26 |
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED = 82, TOTAL PRACTICUM HOURS = 930 plus 30 lab
hrs.
Approved: FacOrg2/25/97; GradCouncil6/10/97, Revised 9/12/01; 6/2/03, 6/04,
7/18/06
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