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Nurse Midwifery ProgramThe Nurse Midwifery Program prepares registered nurses with the advanced skills, education, and training required to provide primary care to women and newborns. The 52-credit program is designed for registered nurses with baccalaureate degrees in nursing who are entering the separately registered Advanced Certificate Program in Midwifery offered by the College of Health Related Professions and who wish to pursue a master of science degree through the College of Nursing. The program consists of 38 graduate credits earned in the CHRP Midwifery Advanced Certificate Program and a minimum of 14 credits earned in the College of Nursing. Students may elect to enroll in the master’s program in one of two ways:
If students take advanced certificate program courses concurrently with master’s courses on a full-time basis, the master of science degree may be completed in 16 months. Upon successful completion of the advanced certificate program, graduates are eligible to take the national certification examination given by the American College of Nurse-Midwives as well as the New York State Licensing Examination given by the State Board of Midwifery, State Education Department. Certified nurse midwives who completed the certificate in Nurse Midwifery offered by SUNY Downstate prior to 1997 will have their course work evaluated on an individual basis. |
