Nurse-Midwifery Program of Studies
SUMMER – TERM I
N501 Theoretical Foundations of
Advance Nursing Practice
N503 Research in Nursing I
N526 Pathophysiology for Advanced
Nursing Practice
TOTAL
FALL – TERM II
N525 Primary Care
N543 Pharmacological Principles of
Clinical Therapeutics
N540 Advanced Health Assessment
and Diagnostic Reasoning
CREDIT HOURS
DIDACTIC CREDITS
3
3
3
3
3
3
9
9
3
3
3
3
3
2
CLINICAL HOURS
50 (50 hours lab)
TOTAL
SPRING – TERM III
N505 Health Care Policy, Systems &
Financing for Advanced Practice Roles
9
3
3
N548 Women’s Health
N544 Antepartum/Postpartum
TOTAL
SUMMER – TERM IV
N550: Intrapartum
N551: Newborn
Elective
4
7
14
2
3
8
100
200 (16 hours lab)
300
3
1
1
2
50 (50 hours lab)
TOTAL
FALL- TERM V
N550: Intrapartum
N551: Newborn
N552: Evidenced-Based Care in NurseMidwifery
5
3
DIDACTIC CREDITS
1
1
1
TOTAL
9
SPRING – TERM VI
N553: Nurse-Midwifery Professional
Practice
N595: Advanced Fieldwork in Nursing
N597: Professional Examination
TOTAL
CREDIT HOURS
1
CREDIT HOURS
6
2
1
7
1
9
50
1
50
CLINICAL HOURS
250
50
300
DIDACTIC HOURS
CLINICAL HOURS
350
350
Total Credit Hours: 55
Total Clinical Hours: 1050
Since graduate education in nursing builds on the baccalaureate curriculum, nurse-midwifery students are expected to enter the program with
prerequisite course work. Specific areas that will be built upon, but not repeated at the graduate level include: basic anatomy, physiology and
pathophysiology; introductory pharmacology; basic growth and development; basic physical and psychosocial assessment; basic statistics;
interviewing and development of therapeutic relationships; and community health nursing. Students who seek admission without some of these
competencies must take personal responsibility for their acquisition. If this is necessary, the College of Nursing and the University of New
Mexico have course work, clinical opportunities and faculty available to assist students in this process prior to entering the program. The
curriculum consists of general core courses required for all graduate students and specialty courses as delineated