Midwifery Program
Our nurse-midwifery program is a top ranked, nationally recognized program. In the Nurse-Midwifery Program, students are prepared for midwifery practice, which encompasses the provision of family-centered comprehensive care to women and their families across the lifespan.
Our program of study is designed to prepare students as highly competent clinicians, effective advocates for their clients, and skilled managers within the multiple systems that deliver health care to women and their families. Special emphases of the program include public policy, complementary therapies and fetal evaluation. Clinical sites are varied and include hospital, birth center, and home birth experiences.
An important feature of the program is its dual major. Upon completion of the program graduates are eligible for two national certifications. They may take the certification exam for Certified Nurse-Midwives given by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). They may also become certified as Women's Health Nurse-Practitioners by the National Certification Corporation (NCC).
Graduates of this program have worked in a variety of settings and have included home-birth practitioners; practice directors for free-standing birth centers; directors of midwifery educational programs; and directors of CNM services in large teaching and small community hospitals.
Our program accrediting body is the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education. They can be contacted at 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374. Phone 240-485-1800