Curriculum

FAQ

The Nurse-Midwifery concentration in the Advanced Clinical Nursing Practice program is a sequential, six term, full time, graduate program of studies consisting of 55 credit hours, including more than 1,056 hours of clinical experience. Graduates are awarded the Master of Science in Nursing degree after successful completion of the American Midwifery Certification Board’s certification exam are eligible for national nurse-midwifery certification and licensure in New Mexico and all other U.S. states.  The program is accredited by the American College of Nurse Midwives’ Division of Accreditation *through January 2017.

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.

*American College of Nurse Midwives Division of Accreditation, 8403 Colesville Rd, Ste. 1550, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. Phone 1-240-485-1818. www.acnm.org.