The postbaccalaureate D.N.P. women's health/nurse
midwifery program is 78 credits with 855 clinical hours devoted to precepted
practice and 500 mentored hours during which students develop, implement,
evaluate, and disseminate their D.N.P. projects.
Graduates will be eligible to sit for certification through both the American
Midwifery Certification Board as a certified nurse-midwife and the National Certification Corporation (NCC) as a women's health nurse practitioner.
Core Courses
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NURS 5104 - Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
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NURS 5105 - Advanced Clinical Pharmacology (3)
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ADHA 5107 - Advanced Health Assessment (3)
D.N.P. Core Courses
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NURS 6010 - Clinical Scholarship (2)
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NURS 6060 - Clinical Inquiry for Evidence-Based
Practice (3)
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NURS 6930 - Information Technology for Evidence-Based
Practice (3)
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NURS 6880 - Leadership for the Doctor of Nursing
Practice (3)
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NURS 6980 - Epidemiology and Population Health (3)
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NURS 6020 - Management and Analysis of Health Data for
the Doctor of Nursing Practice (3)
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NURS 6940 - Evidence Translation and Implementation
Science (3)
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NURS 6780 - Health Care Economics and Business
Practices for Advanced Practice Nurses (3)
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NURS 6040 - Determinants of Health (3)
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NURS 6030 - D.N.P. Project Planning and Proposal
Development (3)
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NURS 6982 - D.N.P. Project Implementation (3)
Specialty Courses
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WHNM 6109 - Mental Health, Intimate Partner
Violence, and Addictive Behaviors in Women (3)
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WHNM 6207 - Women's Health-Nurse Midwifery Theory I:
Gynecological Care (3)
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WHNM 6208 - Women's Health-Nurse Midwifery Practicum I:
Gynecological Care (3) (135 clinical hours)
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WHNM 6307 - Women's Health-Nurse Midwifery Theory II:
Childbearing (3)
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WHNM 6308 - Women's Health-Nurse Midwifery Practicum
II: Childbearing (3) (135 clinical hours)
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WHNM 6107 - Women's Health-Nurse Midwifery Theory III:
Primary Care of Women (3)
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WHNM 6108 - Women's Health-Nurse Midwifery Practicum
III: Primary Care of Women (3) (135 clinical hours)
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NMID 6406 - Nurse-Midwifery Theory IV: Intrapartum and
Postpartum (3)
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NMID 6407 - Nurse-Midwifery Theory V: Management of the
Neonate and Breastfeeding (2)
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NMID 6408 - Nurse-Midwifery Theory Practicum VI: Intrapartum,
Postpartum, and Neonatal Care (5) (225 clinical hours)
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WHNM 6507 - Integrated Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery
Theory and Practicum VII (6) (225 clinical hours)
Postbaccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) Programs 
