Nurse-Midwifery Certificate
Certified nurse-midwives provide preconception counseling, care during pregnancy and childbirth, immediate newborn care, gynecological services and care of peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women.
Program Details
The certificate program consists of 25 hours of coursework and 704 clinical practicum hours. Students come to the KU Medical Center campus two to five times during semesters in which practicum courses occur. Students also participate in synchronous learning by meeting online as a group with audio/computer interface each week for three hours.
Clinical practice sites are generally located in the Kansas City metropolitan area but may extend across the state of Kansas, Missouri, and other communities where students are located. Clinical hours in the midwifery courses are arranged with the course coordinator at the beginning of each semester.
The Nurse-Midwifery Certificate program requires that students have completed an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) graduate educational program from a nationally accredited school of nursing. Three separate, comprehensive graduate-level courses in advanced pathophysiology, advanced health assessment and advanced pharmacology are required.
The next class sequence begins in fall 2024. The application deadline is June 1, 2024.
Course Number | Course Name/Credit hours/ Offered |
|---|---|
NRSG 841 | Reproductive Endocrinology (2) Fall 2024 |
NRSG 921 | Nurse-Midwifery I: Sexual, Reproductive, and Gynecologic Health in Primary Care (3 cr) Spring 2025 |
NRSG 922 | Nurse-Midwifery II: Preconception and Prenatal Care (3 cr) Summer 2025 |
NRSG 923 | Nurse-Midwifery III: Postpartum and Newborn Care (2 cr) Fall 2025 |
NRSG 924 | Nurse-Midwifery IV: Intrapartum Care (3cr) Fall 2025 |
NRSG 962 | Nurse-Midwifery Professionalism Seminar (2 cr) Spring 2025 |
NRSG 966 | Nurse-Midwifery Practicum I (4 cr) Spring 2026 |
NRSG 967 | Nurse-Midwifery Practicum II (2 cr) Summer 2026 |
NRSG 968 | Nurse-Midwifery Practicum III: Integration (4 cr) Fall 2026 |
Accreditation
The Nurse-Midwife Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, 2000 Duke St., Ste. 300, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-835-4565, .
Program Philosophy
The primary purpose of the University of Kansas School of Nursing's nurse-midwifery education programs is to prepare graduates to assume a leadership role in midwifery by promoting clinical practice, education, health policy and scholarship.
