Nurse Midwifery
Note: For further information on any of these programs,
please contact Dr. Rebecca Appleton by phone at 304-696-2632
or by e-mail at appleto1@marshall.edu.
Nurse-Midwifery (Offered in Cooperation with Shenandoah University)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core and Related Courses at Marshall University (25 hours) | ||
| NUR 602 | Theoretical Found in NUR | 3 |
| NUR 604 | Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| NUR 606 | Advanced Nursing Research | 3 |
| NUR 608 | Issues in Health Care | 3 |
| NUR 620 | Adv Pathophysiology I | 2 |
| NUR 621 | Adv Pathophysiology II | 2 |
| NUR 622 | Advanced Physical Assessment | 5 |
| NUR 663 | Advanced Pharmacology I | 2 |
| NUR 664 | Advanced Pharmacology II | 2 |
| Advanced Practice Midwifery Courses at Shenandoah University | ||
| (14 credits didactic hours and 12 credits of clinical practice hours, a total of 26 credits) | ||
| NM 610 | Primary Care of Women | 2 |
| NM 620 | Antepartal Care | 2 |
| NM 612 | Women's Health | 2 |
| NMLB 624 | Midwifery Practicum I | 3 |
| NM 640 | Comprehensive Perinatal Care | 3 |
| NM 641 | Perinatal Complications | 2 |
| NMLB 630 | Midwifery Practicum II | 4 |
| NM 660 | Advanced Nurse-Midwifery Role Development | 2 |
| NM 652 | Evidence-Based Practice Project | 1 |
| NMLB 651 | Integrated Midwifery Internship | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours | 51 | |
Once the student has successfully completed his or her 25 credit hours at Marshall University, the student will transfer to Shenandoah University to obtain an additional 14 credit hours of classroom and 12 credits of clinical midwifery courses for a total of 26 credits. The student will spend one week at the beginning of each semester at Shenandoah and then return to rural West Virginia to be placed with a preceptor to obtain the clinical portion of the program. The student will continue to receive didactic material from Shenandoah midwifery faculty.
Upon successful completion of the 26 credit hours at Shenandoah, the student transfers these 26 hours to Marshall University. The student will receive an M.S.N. from Marshall University and a certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from Shenandoah University. The student is then eligible to take the Certified Nurse Midwifery Exam from the American Midwives Certification.