Advanced Pracice Nursing Maser s Degree Opion: Nurse-Midwifery (49 credis) The Marquee Universiy Nurse-Midwifery Program (NMP) is designed o prepare scholarly, clinically specialized nurses who will funcion a an advanced level of pracice as nursemidwives. Graduaes will be prepared for independen managemen of newborns and women during he aneparum, inraparum, and posparum periods, and for primary care hroughou he life span. Nurse-midwifery pracice occurs wihin he conex of an inerdependen collaboraive healh care sysem. The Marquee NMP is a hybrid-online program ha combines he bes of boh campus and online learning. Living wihin driving disance of he Marquee campus locaed in Milwaukee, WI is required, alhough a variey of clinical placemens are available hroughou he sae of Wisconsin. The Marquee Universiy Nurse-Midwifery Program is accredied by he Accrediaion Commission for Midwifery Educaion (ACME), 8403 Colesville Road, Suie 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 240-485-1802, www.midwife.org/acme. Upon successful compleion of he program, demonsraing all he professional core compeencies, he graduae will be academically eligible o ake he naional cerificaion examinaion of he American Midwifery Cerificaion Board (AMCB) [849 Inernaional Drive, Suie 120, Linhicum, MD 21090, Tel: (866) 366-9632]. In 2016, 7 full ime sudens graduaed wih MSN degrees and had a 100% passed he AMCB cerificaion exam he firs ime aken. For he pas hree years (2014-2016), he firs ime pass raes were, 100%, 43%, and 100% respecively (81% 3 year aggregaed pass rae). The second ime pass raes for he same 3 years (2014-2016) were 100%, 100% and n/a (100% 3 year aggregaed second ime pass rae). AMCB Annual Repors are available online hp://www.amcbmidwife.org/abou-amcb/annual-repors. General Informaion There are wo major sources of informaion available online abou he academic programs and policies ha affec he NMP. One is he universiy s Graduae Bullein [hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/] and he oher is he College of Nursing Graduae Suden Handbook [hp://www.marquee.edu/nursing/academicprograms-graduae.shml]. Boh sources provide imporan informaion when considering he NMP and when sudens are progressing from admission hrough graduaion. Suden demographics of he overall graduae program are allied [hp://www.marquee.edu/grad/fuure_demographics.shml], alhough wihin nursing generally here are fewer males and inernaional sudens represened. I is criical o review he applicaion requiremens closely. There are unique requiremens for individuals who have BSN degrees and are enering he MSN Program [hp://www.marquee.edu/grad/appreq_nursreq.shml] and for hose who do no hold a nursing degree bu have compleed bachelor s degrees in oher fields (MSN Program for Non- Nursing Graduaes, also called Direc Enry/ Generalis Maser s Degree for Non-Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 1 of 7
Majors GEM ) [hp://www.marquee.edu/nursing/academicprograms-msn- direc.shml and hp://www.marquee.edu/nursing/academicprograms-faqs-de-msn.shml]. The online applicaion form o be used is available hrough he Graduae School, bu is also linked on he Graduae Nursing webpage [hps://marqueegrad.edu.185r.ne/applicaion/login/]. Applicaions are due by Nov 15 for Spring admission, and February 15 for Fall admission. Alhough here are wo admission pools annually, mos sudens should consider he Feb 15 applicaion deadline for fall admission. The Nurse- Midwifery Program clinical sequence is a fall sar, herefore beginning in he spring will generally no save sudens any ime in he program. Pos-Maser s sudens can apply by November for Spring admission and may ake a par ime program of sudy. Addiional specific informaion abou he NMP is included below. The Curriculum and Frequenly Asked Quesions (FAQ) are presened below. You may also conac Karen Nes [karen.nes@mu.edu], Graduae Program Assisan, for specific quesions abou he applicaion process, admission requiremens, or o reques an informaion packe. For general informaion abou he nurse-midwifery profession and educaion, conac he American College of Nurse- Midwives [www.midwife.org ]. Afer reviewing hese resources, if you have quesions remaining, you may conac Dr Lisa Hanson, CNM, Professor, Direcor of he Nurse-Midwifery Program 414-288-3841 or lisa.hanson@mu.edu Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 2 of 7
Curriculum The Maser of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree in he NMP opion requires a oal of 49 credi hours of course work, which may be compleed on a combined par-ime and fullime basis. There are hree broad caegories of courses, which are 3 credis each unless oherwise noed. Core Courses 12 credis Nurs 6000 Theoreical Foundaions of Nursing Nurs 6007 Ehics, Policy, & Healh Care Advocacy Nurs 6009 Organizaional & Sysems Leadership Nurs 6010 Research & Evidence as a Foundaion for Nursing Foundaion Courses 12 credis Nurs 6030 Pahophysiological Conceps for Advanced Nursing Pracice a Nurs 6032 Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Pracice a Nurs 6035 Advanced Healh Assessmen a Nurs 6037 Managemen of Episodic Healh Problems a Nurse-Midwifery Program Specialy Courses 26-28 credis a,b Nurs 6740 Advanced Conceps in Women s Healh Care Managemen across he Life Span a,b Nurs 6742 Advanced Conceps in Aneparum Managemen a,b Nurs 6744 Advanced Conceps in Posparum and Newborn Managemen a,b Nurs 6752 Nurse-Midwifery Care During Labor and Birh a,b [5 credis] Nurs 6753 Advanced Pracicum in Nurse-Midwifery a,b [7 credis] Nurs 6746 Professional Issues in APN/DNP Pracice a Nurs 6751 Advanced Conceps in Labor Suppor [1-3 abc credis] a Pos Maser s courses, if no previous course equivalen b Includes pracicum c. All SNMs ake his course for one credi. Sudens who do no have Labor and Delivery experience as a RN, need o ake wo addiional credis for clinical The bases of he NMP curriculum are is philosophy, purpose/mission, and learning oucomes/objecives. These are congruen wih he online saemens of he universiy hp://bullein.marquee.edu/aboumarqueeuniversiy/#spanmissionsaemenspan and he college hp://www.marquee.edu/nursing/mission.shml. Nurse-Midwifery Program Philosophy The Jesui ideal of cura personalis is acualized hrough he belief ha all humans have worh and digniy, wih inalienable righs o healh care, self-deerminaion, and informaion regarding all aspecs of care. Women hroughou heir lives experience physiologic changes ha are influenced by psychological, sociological, biological and spiriual facors, all of which impac he opimal sae of healh of he individual and he family. The science and ar of nurse-midwifery are grounded in clien cenered and direced pracice, and embodied in he provision of safe, saisfying, culurally compeen care. Such pracice enables and empowers cliens and nurse-midwives in he creaion of and paricipaion in heir care. Truh is pursued hrough excellence and innovaion in nursemidwifery educaion, pracice and scholarship, he promoion of professional sandards, and Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 3 of 7
collaboraion wih members of oher disciplines. Nurse-midwifery educaion is characerized by he acquisiion of analyical skills necessary for he discovery, synhesis and applicaion of knowledge o his specialized pracice, which focuses upon healh promoion and educaion of he childbearing family and of women hroughou he life span. Nurse-Midwifery Program Purpose/Mission The purpose of he Advanced Pracice Nursing: Nurse-midwifery opion of he Maser of Science in Nursing program a Marquee Universiy is o prepare scholarly, clinically specialized nurses who will funcion a an advanced level of,,pracice as a nurse-midwife. The graduae will be prepared for midwifery managemen of women during he aneparum, inraparum and posparum periods (including newborn care) and for primary and gynecologic care. Nurse-midwifery pracice occurs wihin he conex of an inerdependen collaboraive healh care sysem. Upon compleion of he program he graduae will be academically eligible o ake he naional Cerificaion Examinaion of he American Midwifery Cerificaion Board (AMCB). Comparison of Nurse-Midwifery Learning Oucomes and MSN Graduae Program Oucome and Performance Indicaors: Nurse-Midwifery Program Learning Oucomes/Objecives: Upon compleion of he course of sudy, he suden is expeced o do he following: 1. Demonsrae compeen beginning pracice of nurse midwifery as a primary provider of care o childbearing families and women in ransiion hroughou he life span. 2. Uilize criical hinking o incorporae research, heories, knowledge, and skills ino nurse midwifery pracice. 3. Provide culurally compeen care ha addresses he ehical, legal, poliical, social, and moral issues affecing hose in need of nurse midwifery care. 4. Provide leadership o promoe inradisciplinary and inerdisciplinary collaboraion o mee he needs of childbearing families and women hroughou he life span. 5. Conribue o he advancemen of nursing and nurse-midwifery hrough awareness and involvemen in facors affecing healh policy, professional educaion, and he healh care delivery sysem. 6. Manifes he principle of cura personalis (care and respec for he individual) in implemening humanisic models of caring MSN Graduae Program Oucome and Performance Indicaors: A he compleion of he program, sudens will be able o: Demonsrae compeence in seleced scope of graduae level nursing pracice. Use daa and analyical processes o discover, criique, and/or synhesize nursing knowledge. Apply ehical principles o decision making in healh care. Provide culurally appropriae care. Apply perinen heories and evidence from research and relaed disciplines o guide advanced nursing pracice. Use varied modes of communicaion effecively in leadership roles wihin healh care and he profession. Iniiae, mainain, and promoe inra- and inerdisciplinary collaboraion in providing healh care. Use varied modes of communicaion effecively in leadership roles wihin healh care and he profession. Iniiae, mainain, and promoe inra- and inerdisciplinary collaboraion in providing healh care. Demonsrae compeence in seleced scope of graduae level nursing pracice. Apply ehical principles o decision making in Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 4 of 7
for he childbearing family and women healh care. hroughou he life span. Provide culurally appropriae care. Noe: Several graduae learning oucomes are represened in muliple Nurse-Midwifery Program Learning Oucomes/Objecives The suden has an opion o choose a hesis or ake a comprehensive examinaion, as described in he College of Nursing Graduae Suden Handbook on he College websie. Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 5 of 7
Nurse-Midwifery Program Frequenly Asked Quesions I hink I wan o be a nurse-midwife. How can I be sure ha s he righ field for me? We sugges you sar by exploring he American College of Nurse-Midwives web sie [www.midwife.org]. If here are cerified nurse-midwives (CNMs) in your area, we recommend you conac hem and seek an opporuniy o observe ( shadow ) hem in pracice. Nurse- midwives have he saisfacion of caring for women hroughou he lifespan and are considered specialiss in women s healh and fosering normal birh. Midwifery ofen requires long, irregular hours of work, bu i can be a very fulfilling career. Becoming a nurse-midwife requires academic abiliy in boh he sciences and people-oriened subjecs. I akes deerminaion o complee he rigorous program of sudy. If you wish o mee he nurse-midwifery faculy o discuss he profession furher, hey generally hold an open house in he afernoon of he firs Monday in December. If you wish o be invied, you will need o send an e-mail o Dr. Karen Robinson, CNM, [karen.robinson@mu.edu]. Remember o include all your conac informaion. How do I apply? Applicaion informaion is available a he following websie: hp://www.marquee.edu/grad/nursing.shml Wha academic background do I need for he Nurse-Midwifery Program? Everyone enering he nurse-midwifery program mus be a nurse. However, here are unique requiremens for hose enering he MSN program wih BSN degrees and hose who have compleed bachelor s degrees in oher fields bu need o become nurses (MSN Program for Non-Nursing Graduaes, also called Direc Enry/GEM).They are explained on he College of Nursing websie under Academic Programs hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/programs/nursing/ hp://www.marquee.edu/nursing/academic/graduae.shml#maserofsciencenursingmsn Graduae school admission requiremens for he Nursing MSN programs are also explained on he following websie: hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/programs/nursing/ Do I need o be a licensed RN before applying o he Nurse-Midwifery Program? If you are in your las year of nursing school, have recenly graduaed, or are in he Direc Enry program, you may apply now. I is possible o be admied o he program coningen on passing he NCLEX-RN licensing examinaion, for which you will need o provide proper documenaion of your success before acually beginning he NMP courses. A Wisconsin nursing license is required. I will have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree by he end of summer, bu I won have aken one of he hree prerequisie courses, Physical Assessmen, Nursing Research, and Saisics, including Inferenial, by ha ime. Could I apply anyway, and ake my las prerequisie class during my firs semeser a Marquee? If you have no compleed all your prerequisies, you will have o be admied on a coningen basis unil you have successfully compleed he needed course and submied he official ranscrip. There is lile ime o ake addiional courses during he program, which is quie inense and demanding. I have earned a Maser s degree in Nursing already. Can I do a pos-maser s program in Midwifery? Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 6 of 7
Yes. The acual number of classes you ake will depend on wha courses were included in your Maser s program. Plan o discuss his wih he Nurse-Midwifery Program Direcor, Lisa Hanson, PhD, CNM, FACNM, [lisa.hanson @mu.edu] around he ime of your admission inerview, bringing your ranscrip(s) and course descripions. Your program plan will be individualized including planning for ransfer or waiving of selec credis upon review. Upon program compeiion you will receive a pos-maser s cerificae in nurse-midwifery. Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 7 of 7
I am an inernaional suden. Do I need o demonsrae my proficiency in English? Yes. Beyond Wisconsin licensure, here are oher requiremens. For more informaion, please refer o Marquee Universiy s Graduae School web sie on he opic: hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/admissionandreadmission/ Do I need work experience as a regisered nurse o qualify for he Nurse-Midwifery Program? I is recommended, bu no required, ha you have a leas one year of maernal- child healh relaed nursing experience. When we admi program candidaes who do no have his experience, we encourage hem o seek employmen as RNs in labor and delivery seings as soon as possible. This allows hem o gain essenial experience while hey are sudens in our program. If sudens do no obain employmen in Labor and Delivery, hey will be required o ake a clinically Summer course NURS 6751 for up o 2 credis ha provides basic inraparum knowledge and nursing relaed skill developmen. These wo credis are in addiion o he 1 credi heory porion of his course (Advanced Conceps in Labor Suppor) ha all Midwifery sudens ake. I won have ime o apply for he Midwifery Program saring his fall. Could I apply o Marquee as a non-degree suden, ake Maser s of Science in Nursing core courses now, and apply for he Midwifery Program for he following year? I may no be o your advanage o ake many courses before being admied. Taking courses as a non-degree suden does no guaranee admission. You need o go hrough he whole admission process o become eligible for he specialy classes and clinical work. The Universiy also discourages earning many credis non-degree because i does no guaranee you can apply hem o a degree program laer. In fac, ransferring in credis o he program is limied, as described in he Graduae Bullein in he alphabeically lised ransfer of credi policy hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/policiesofhegraduaeschool/#ransferofcredi and in he non-degree saus descripion hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/admissionandreadmission/. I live far from Milwaukee. How much of he coursework is on-line? The Nurse-Midwifery Program is hybrid-online. This means ha each of he midwifery specialy courses includes boh in-class and asynchronous inerne-based ineracions among faculy and sudens. The Midwifery courses are scheduled on campus 4-8 imes a semeser, depending on he course. There are also many clinical hours ha occur in he mixed didacic and pracicum courses in he NMP. Generally, he nurse-midwifery specialy coursework is compleed on-line on a weekly basis, wih required readings accessible hrough he Raynor Library websie. The Marquee library online feaure of Class Reserves helps o make many readings readily accessible o sudens a heir convenience and wihou exra charge. Marquee's e-learning applicaion is Desire2Learn (D2L), a web-based ool which faciliaes and suppors online educaion. On-line learning sofware allows you o remain a home, access course maerials, and inerac wih your classmaes and professors via web-based classroom discussions in an easy o use forma. The Nurse-Midwifery Program also includes 8 core and foundaional MSN courses and 6 nurse-midwifery specialy courses. Some of he core and foundaional courses are also hybrid online.each course a Marquee has is own D2L course sie wih faciliies for ineracive communicaion, secure submission of suden assignmens o faculy. Easy reference o all heir course maerials is a common posiive expressed by sudens when working online. Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 8 of 7
Tell me more abou Class Schedules Sudens need o plan o come o he Marquee campus several days per week and also be available for significan clinical ime ha increases progressively hroughou he final wo years of he program. We aemp o cluser days ha SNMs need o be on campus when possible. Where do sudens do heir Nurse-Midwifery Program clinicals? Marquee faculy arrange he clinicals for he sudens in our program. Nurse-midwifery sudens generally do clinical work a various nurse-midwifery pracices hroughou Wisconsin. While some suden nurse-midwives (SNMs) do par of heir clinical raining in he Milwaukee area or near heir homes, all sudens should plan on raveling o gain clinical experiences during he course of he program. Paricipaing in clinical in a variey of seings enables our sudens o gain exposure o rich learning experiences. Our wide geographic nework of clinical seings and our online coursework offerings make disance learning possible for sudens. We schedule clinical pracica wih consideraion of SNMs compeencies, class requiremens, he unique characerisics of each nurse-midwifery service, and precepor faculy ime availabiliy. Travel o clinical sies is a he suden s expense, bu i is possible o work wih he Program Direcor [lisa.hanson@mu.edu] o aemp o schedule some clinical ime near family or friends when possible. How long is he Nurse-Midwifery Program? The NMP conains 50 oal credis. Marquee defines full ime aendance as a minimum of 7 graduae credis per semeser. A hree-year plan, is considered opimal & is shown in he sample plan below. The Nurse-Midwifery clinical courses occur in a se sequence in he final wo years of he program.you may spread he pre-clinical courses over 2 or even more years. However, during he final program year, you would need o aend full-ime o complee your sudies, due o significan clinical ime required. Therefore, i is imporan for you o consider all aspecs of your life, including work and family, when making he decision o aend he program. Similarly, know ha your admission offer guaranees you a place in he clinical sequence for a paricular class cohor and ha he CNM faculy monior his closely. How many sudens are acceped annually in he Nurse-Midwifery Program? Class size can become a limiing facor in he number of admissions each year. Alering your program plan may resul in you moving o a differen class cohor for he clinical course sequence. If one clinical class is full, we will work wih you o see if you can be admied ino he clinical sequence beginning he nex year. However, here is no way o predic fuure class sizes and i is possible ha changing your plan & clinical sequence could necessiae ha you need o delay unil here is an opening for you in he clinical sequence of courses. Therefore, plan carefully abou when you wish o begin and finish he program o say on rack. Always discuss any possible aleraions in your official program plan wih he Program Direcor [lisa.hanson@mu.edu] because you can encouner progression difficulies Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 9 of 7
Wha does a SAMPLE PROGRAM PLAN look like? A sample plan is noed below and begins wih some par-ime course work ha progresses o full-ime. BSN admissions have a ligher Year 1 Fall o adjus o graduae school demands. Direc enry/gem admissions have several ligher semesers iniially (generally 6 credis each) o faciliae finding, being oriened o, and working as an RN in relaed employmen. Year 1: Fall Credi Summer Year 1: Spring Credis N6009 Organizaional and Sysems s 3 N6000 Theoreical Foundaions 3 Leadership of Nursing N6035 Advanced Healh Assessmen 3 N6010 Research & Evidence as 3 a Foundaion for Nursing N6030 Pahophysiological Conceps for 3 6 Advanced Pracice Nursing S 9 Year 2: Fall Year 2: Spring u N6032 Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Pracice N6037 Managemen of Episodic Healh N6740 Problems Advanced Conceps in Women s Healh Care Managemen Across he Year 3: Fall N6744 Advanced Conceps in Posparum & Newborn N6752 Managemen Nurse-Midwifery Care During Labor & Birh S u b o a l S u b o a 3 NURS 6751 Advanced concep in Labor Suppor 1 (+2)* N6742 Advanced Conceps in Aneparum Managemen 3 N6746 Professional Issues in APN/DNP Pracice 3 3 N6007 Ehics, Policy, and Healh 3 Care 9 Advocacy S 9 ** Year 3: Spring u b 3 N6753 Advanced Pracicum in 7 Nurse-Midwifery o 5 a u Toal credis in NMP b = 49+ * Plus 2credis exra in summer as needed for inraparum preparaion 8 l S 7 o a l Wha are financial consideraions? Graduae school is an imporan invesmen in your fuure career. The universiy ses & publishes in he Graduae Bullein, l available online, he uiion, fees, and relevan refunds a his direc link: hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/uiionfeesandhousing/. The College of Nursing Graduae Suden Handbook has addiional healh requiremens and a background check; i is also available online. Given he coss, i is imporan o consider how you will finance your degree program. Financial aid is available o eligible sudens. The Graduae Bullein explains he opions for assisance a he following link: hp://bullein.marquee.edu/grad/financialaid/ The graduae nursing suden financial assisance opions are noed in he College of Nursing Graduae Suden Handbook.. In addiion, he midwifery professional organizaion, he American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) also has suggesions on financing your educaion a [hp://www.midwife.org/financing-your-nurse-midwifery-educaion]. 3 Nurse-Midwifery Program informaion, page 10 of 7