Nurse Midwifery
Providing comprehensive woman-centered care throughout the lifetime
Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) are educated in the two disciplines of nursing and midwifery and are certified according to the requirements of the American Midwifery Certification Board. CNMs manage women's health care, focusing on common primary care issues, family planning and gynecologic needs, pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and care of the newborn. They practice within a healthcare system that provides for consultation, collaboration, or referral as indicated by the health status of the client, in accordance with the Standards for the Practice of Midwifery, as defined by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM).
The nurse midwifery major at FPB has had continuous accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education since 1984. Nurse midwife students must complete 48 credit hours of coursework as well as work individually with a clinical preceptor in a variety of out-patient, in-patient, and out-of-hospital settings to provide optimal care to women in the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. Graduates will be eligible to take the certification examination administered by the American Midwifery Certification Board. With the addition of 3 clinical hours in NURS 559, students are eligible for dual certification in Women's Health.
Sample Full-Time Curriculum
Fall Semester I
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Inquiry I: Theoretical Foundations
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3
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Physiologic Foundations of Advanced Practice |
4
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Assessment for Advanced Practice |
3
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Well Woman Health Care |
3
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Total
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13
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Spring Semester I
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The Childbearing Family |
4
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Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse |
3
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Inquiry II: The Research Process |
3
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Collaboration and Consultation |
1
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Teaching and Learning in Advanced Practice |
1
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Total
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12
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Summer Semester
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Primary Care for Women |
4
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Total
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4
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Fall Semester II
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Labor and Birth |
5
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Newborn Assessment |
1
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Health Promotion |
2
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Inquiry III: Evidenced Based Nursing Practice |
2
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Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice |
1
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Health Care Delivery and Finance in Advanced Practice |
1
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Total
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12
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Spring Semester II
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Advanced Nurse Midwifery |
6
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Inquiry Practicum |
1
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Total
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7
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Accumulated Total Hours: 48
The Advanced Practice Core courses are co-requisites or pre-requisites for the clinical nursing courses. Clinical nursing courses must be taken in the semester and sequence listed above. Clinical course availability is based upon enrollment.
