Become a Nurse-Midwife at UNM

Provide care to women across their lifespan

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Why a DNP in Nurse-Midwifery at UNM?

Funding for students available through AMOR grant: up to $25,000 - $40,000 annually, based on scholarship eligibility.
We find your clinical placements.
Small cohorts – 8:1 student-instructor ratio – and a large supportive alumni community.
Accredited program by ACME. You will receive the highest quality education.
Program focuses on care for rural and underserved populations.
No. 11 Nurse-Midwifery program in the nation.
We celebrate our diversity. UNM’s student population is among the most diverse in the country.

Our Mission

Our mission is to educate nurse-midwives to care for rural, diverse and under-resourced communities. We endeavor to improve the health and well-being of individuals and families through partnership and community collaboration. We strive towards social justice and human dignity. Our faculty and graduates will recognize the strengths and challenges of historically marginalized communities and place a high value on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Hear from our Alums

Donna Dineyazhe, MSN, CNM

Nichelle Salazar, DNP, CNM

Nurse-Midwifery DNP Applications Open August 15th

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Funding for Students

Nurse-midwifery students are eligible for up to $25,000 - $40,000 of funding annually from The Advancing Midwifery Outcomes and Resiliency (AMOR) Grant, T68HP52012. The funds awarded to trainees will offset educational expenses, thus reducing student indebtedness upon graduation.

The University of New Mexico College of Nursing aims to provide upwards of 65 individual students.

UNM'S Nurse-Midwifery DNP Program Education

Engage in rigorous coursework building on a solid foundation of evidence-based practice and clinical education that develops expertise in Nurse-Midwifery.
Students engage in a variety of clinical experiences to attain competence in the midwifery practice areas of primary care, gynecologic, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care.

We value our diverse communities, students and faculty, and we strive to promote equity and advocate for inclusiveness. In our courses, we address topics such as racism, privilege, racial inequity, implicit bias, historical trauma, and more.
Our faculty are highly qualified and dedicated to student success and program completion. They bring diverse perspectives to the classroom, simulation lab and clinical experiences.

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8 Consecutive Terms
71 Credit Hours
1250 Total Hours
2 Years & 9 Months To Graduation

AMOR Student Experience

UNM Nurse-Midwifery students will benefit from:

Application support
Student Success & Professional Development Boot Camps
Resiliency training and resources
Exam Skills & Board Exam Boot Camps
DEI training for faculty & students
Enhanced Maternal Mental Health training

Midwives of Color events
Mentoring
Membership to ACNM & other organizations
ALSO Training & Trauma-Informed Care OSCE
Rural Maternal Health ECHOs
And more!

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$4M in Grant Funding
Up to $40K Stipend Per Student Per Year
65 Students to Receive Aid
1/3 of CNMs in NM are UNM Alumni

A lot of people don’t know that midwives do more than attend births. We oversee contraceptive, gynecological, and menopause care as well as other stages of women’s and birthing people's health across the lifespan. The overall objectives of the AMOR grant will help the midwifery legacy continue in New Mexico and will ensure UNM continues to educate qualified Certified Nurse-Midwives to serve the state.

— Felina Ortiz, DNP, RN, CNM, FACNM, Clinician Educator, Associate Professor

Nurse-Midwifery in New Mexico

Midwifery is thriving in New Mexico. Midwifery is deeply rooted in our history–from indigenous healers, to traditional parteras, to the founding of the American College of Nurse Midwives. Our midwifery community is tightly connected and now 37% of all spontaneous vaginal births are attended by midwives in New Mexico, according to 2018 CDC data.

Nurse-midwives in New Mexico are well-respected and integrated into our health care system. Unlike other parts of the county, New Mexico nurse-midwives are licensed through the Department of Health and have full prescriptive authority. The state legislature supports our program and helped establish reimbursement for out-of-hospital birth from Medicaid.

What better location to study midwifery than right here in New Mexico where it all began? Where midwifery is honored and respected. Come learn with us.