NURSE-MIDWIFERY

What You Will Study and Learn

The nurse-midwifery program at OHSU School of Nursing teaches students to manage common gynecological problems, family planning, pregnancy, birth and the newborn period. Moreover, the program emphasizes the unique health care needs of women. The influences of family, culture and tradition, as well as social, economic and political forces serve as the context for our care of women, from menarche through menopause.

The faculty believes that the program offers strong clinical experience with a focus on evidence-based practice. Each student is involved in over 150 outpatient visits and completes 30 to 50 births in the course of the program. Clinical sites include multi-ethnic prenatal clinics and Level II and Level III hospitals.

Graduate-Entry in Nurse-Midwifery Program Option

Program Requirements

In conjunction with the general master's program requirements, labor and delivery experience for nurse applicants and doula experience for non-nurse applicants is encouraged but not required. The nurse-midwifery program requires a minimum of 74 credit hours of study.

Graduates of the nurse-midwifery specialty are eligible to take the national certification examination of the ACNM Certification Council.

Also offered is a post-master's certificate option. The admissions committee evaluates applicants on academic qualifications (GRE scores and GPA), a match between goal statement and program goals, and references.

For further information regarding ACNM accreditation status or process contact the Division of Accreditation, American College Nurse Midwives, 818 Connnecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC, 20006, at (301) 459-1321 or visit the ACNM Web site at www.acnm.org.

Coursework

More Information

The director of Nurse Midwifery Nurse Practitioner program is Dr. Carol Howe who can be reached by e-mail at howec@ohsu.edu

Remember to register your interest with the School of Nursing.

To find more information on the Master's Degree Program, please use the links list of options at the top of the page to navigate throughout the web pages.

Please send questions about program information to proginfo@ohsu.edu.