Master of Science (MS) in Nursing
Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration
Students who complete the Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program are qualified
to sit for the Nurse-Midwife certification examination from the American Midwifery Certification Board
(AMCB) and the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner certification examination from the National
Certification Corporation (NCC).
Degree Requirements
Course #
Course Title
SH
Core Courses
NURS 525
NURS 526
NURS 527
NURS 528
NURS 529
NURS 531
NURS 532
NURS 535
NURS 550
NURS 597
NURS 598
NUSP 548
NUSP 549
NUSP 550
NUSP 555
NUSP 556
NUSP 557
NUSP 558
NUSP 559
NUPR 572
NUPR 573
Intermediate Statistics
Nursing Inquiry I
Nursing Inquiry II
Health, Environment and Systems
Issues of Advanced Practice in Nursing
Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Practice in Nursing
Comprehensive Health Assessment for Advanced Practice
Biological Basis of Disease
Evidence-Based Practice or
Master’s Project or
Master’s Thesis
Concentration Specialty Courses
Biological Basis for Women’s Health and Perinatal Nursing I
Biological Basis for Women’s Health and Perinatal Nursing II
Issues for Research and Practice in Women’s Health
Health Care of Women I
Health Care of Women II
Health Care of Women III
Advanced Parent-Infant Nursing
Dimensions of Midwifery and Women’s Health Practice
Practicum: Health Care of Women *
Practicum: Birth and the Newborn *
3
2
2
2
1
3
2
4
3
3
5
2
1
3
4
4
4
2
2
14-17
6-9
Total Degree Hours
67- 69
* A minimum of 23 clinical credit hours are required, with a minimum of 14 cr in outpatient (NUPR 572)
and 6 cr in inpatient (NUPR 573) settings and the other 3 cr divided between or all in one area.
Clinical credit hrs:
Didactic credit hrs:
Lab credit hrs:
23
43
1
Clinical clock hrs: 1035
Didactic clock hrs: 645
Lab clock hrs:
30