Master's Program
Women's Health Clincial Nurse Specialist - Midwifery Track
The Women's Health Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse-Midwifery Track is offered by the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in
collaboration with Shenandoah University. The Nurse-Midwifery Track at Shenandoah University is fully accredited by the
American College of Nurse-Midwives.
This program prepares graduates as a women's health clinical nurse specialist and a certified nurse-midwife. Graduates will receive a Master of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and a certificate of completion of the nurse - midwifery program from Shenandoah University. Graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification exam given by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).
Course content focuses on role development, advanced assessment and management of women's health, and primary women's health throughout the lifespan. More than 720 hours of clinical experience are offered in all aspects of the midwifery process in a wide variety of ambulatory and community sites, including rural and medically underserved health care settings. Full-time or part-time study is available.
Enhanced informatics technology, course development, and program recruitment is made possible by three years of funding from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The $688,500 grant, awarded to SUDON, aims to increase the number of practicing nurse-midwives in the rural underserved areas of Virginia, but will also benefit Hopkins students who choose to work in other locations after graduation.
Questions regarding curriculum and career opportunities should be addressed to Dr. Betty Jordan at 410-955-7985 or bjordan@son.jhmi.edu.
Application Deadline
February 15 for fall entry
The application and all supporting documentation must be received by the deadlines indicated. To be given consideration for a Merit Scholarship Award, you must be accepted for admission by March 1. (Allow one month for admissions review and determination.)
Core Courses |
NR 110.500 | Philosophical, Theoretical and Ethical Basis for Nursing | 3 | |
NR 110.501 | Intermediate Biostatistics | 3 | |
NR 110.503 | Application of Research to Practice | 3 | |
NR 110.504 | Context of Health Care for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 | |
Advanced Practice Core Courses |
NR 100.502 | Physiology/Pathophysiology I | 3 | |
NR 100.508 | Clinical Pharmacology | 3 | |
NR 110.549 | Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement | 2 | |
| Specialty Courses |
NR 110.520** | CNS Role Specialty Practicum I | 3 | |
NR 110.522** | CNS Outcomes Specialty Practicum III | 3 | |
NR 110.536** | Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement - Adult/Geriatric Variation | 1 | |
NR 100.540 | Teaching Strategies | 3 | |
NR 100.546 | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | 1 | |
NR 100.560 | Program Development & Evaluation in Health Care | 2 | |
NM610** | Primary Care of Women | 3 | (2 Lecture and
1 Clinical Credit) |
NM620** | Comprehensive Antepartal Care | 3 | (2 Lecture and
1 Clinical Credit) |
NM630** | Midwifery Practicum | 3 | (3 Clinical credits) |
NM640** | Comprehensive Perinatal Care | 3*** | (2 Lecture and
1 Clinical Credit) |
NM650** | Integrated Midwifery Practicum | 6** | (6 Clinical Credits) |
NM660 | Advanced Midwifery Role Development | 1 | Online Course |
Total Credits in CNS Track | 33 | (incl. elective in Summer 1) |
Total Credits in Midwifery | 19 | Note: 9 of these credits substitute for Specialty Practicum Credits. |
Grand Total | 52 | |
**Course has a clinical component
***Although Clinical to Clock Hour Ratio = 4:1, in all courses with an asterisk clinical will not be considered completed until competency has been demonstrated.
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