Our online nurse midwife program explores the complexities of providing primary care to women throughout the birthing process and focuses on cultivating nurses who are sensitive to the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the women in their care.
Courses are taught by professors who are either practicing in the field or are accomplished researchers. All coursework adheres to our Nurse Midwifery Program Core Values, Mission, Philosophy, and Goals. UC’s Nurse-Midwifery MSN program has educated nurse midwives for over 20 years. The fully online program requires 1 remote clinical skills intensive and 1 on-campus visit for a clinical skills intensive, where students learn hands-on skills needed for gynecologic exams and attending births, including how to manage birth complications such as shoulder dystocia and postpartum hemorrhage through simulation.
Clinical Experiences:
The Office of Academic Affairs and Clinical Site Coordinators for the Nurse-Midwifery Program will work with students and program faculty to identify potential clinical sites in the student’s state, preferrable within or near their city/community. Clinical experiences are in a wide variety of ambulatory and community health care settings with patient populations and practices in urban and rural settings. Students work one-one-one in the clinical setting with Volunteer Clinical Faculty (preceptors). Potential clinical sites for students include: CNM/CM practices, OB/GYN practices, adult primary care practices, federally qualified health clinics, family planning clinics, health departments, public health or community clinics, and faculty practice offices. Potential clinical birth sites include hospitals (rural, community, urban or academic health centers), free standing birth centers, and home births. Occasionally, students may need to travel to get clinical experiences depending on their individual community resources.
To learn more about our course offerings, review a sample of our curriculum.
This course provides opportunities for the advanced practice nurse student to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for the performance of comprehensive and focused health assessment. This course addresses clients across the lifespan and the pediatric and family students receive additional pediatric information in their lab sessions.
NURS8020C will include a multi-day, in-person immersion at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing. Attendance for the full duration of this onsite experience is a required component of the course.
Most of our programs do not require onsite visits, but there is one exception. If you are interested in pursuing the Master of Science in Nursing-Nurse Midwifery, you will have 1 skills intensives that takes place on campus.
Each Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program can be done in as little as two years. There are additional options available for several programs that allow students to take these programs at a slower pace. Although these options extend the length of the selected program, they often make it a more feasible option for the student.
The Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program is a part-time program built to be completed in as little as four semesters, or one year and four months. The Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner program has no set time frame due to the extremely customizable nature of the curriculum.
Yes. The vast majority of our students work throughout their time in their academic program. It is important to assess course load and financial aid to understand how to balance school and work.
If possible, students may cut down on their work hours during a clinical portion of a program.
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