MSN-Nurse-Midwifery Program Curriculum

The MSN-Nurse-Midwifery program prepares you to care for women from adolescence through menopause. The Nurse-Midwifery concentration consists of 50 credit hours and a minimum of 910 hours of supervised practicum. All courses are provided online, except for supervised practicum work, which is completed in a state in which the student is licensed to practice. Graduates of the MSN-Nurse-Midwifery program are eligible to take the national certification examination of the American Midwifery Certification Board.

A Post Master's Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery is also available through through the School of Nursing. Contact us for more information at nursing@loyno.edu. 

Core Courses

• Midwifery: Past, Present, and Future  (2 credits)
• Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse-Midwifery (1 credit)
• Gynecologic, Reproductive, and Sexual Health (3 credits)
• Antepartum Care for Nurse-Midwifery (3 credits)
• Practicum in Antepartum, Gynecologic, and Primary Care (4 credits)
• Social Justice and Health (3 credits)
• Nurse-Midwifery Skills (1 credit)
• Midwifery Intrapartum and Postpartum Care (3 credits)
• Practicum in Intrapartum, Postpartum, and Neonatal Midwifery Care (4 credits)
• Neonatal Care and Lactation (1 credit)
• Integration in Midwifery Care (5 credits)
• Nurse-Midwifery Transition to Professional Role and Practice (2 credits)
• Research and Evidence Based Practice (3 credits)

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Sample language for preaccreditation status: 

The Loyola University New Orleans MSN Nurse-Midwifery concentration is preaccredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20190, www.midwife.org/acme