Nurse-Midwifery
The nurse-midwifery specialty track prepares graduates for challenging careers as Certified Nurse-Midwives. Coursework, extensive precepted clinical experience and utilization of evidence-based practice allow our students to acquire the knowledge, values and skills necessary for certification as nurse-midwives by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).
The nurse-midwifery specialty track at The Ohio State University College of Nursing is fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), 2000 Duke Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, Virginia 22314; For information about accreditation please contact ACME directly. 240-485-1803, support@theacme.org, midwife.org/acme.
At the heart of our master’s and doctor of nursing practice programs are active, collaborative relationships between the College of Nursing faculty and community-based primary care agencies as well as The Ohio State University Medical Center’s teaching hospitals. As part of the country’s most comprehensive health sciences center, our students benefit from access to cutting-edge research and knowledge, a diverse selection of elective courses and interdisciplinary collaboration among healthcare professionals.
Our central location, class schedules and preceptors throughout Ohio accommodate both part-time and full-time students. The certification pass rates for the American Midwifery Certification Board examination includes both full and part-time students.
The Ohio State University nurse-midwifery specialty track prepares students to be eligible for the Certification Examination of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB). The track's goal is for greater than 85% of students to pass the certification exam within 12 months of graduation. Recent midwifery certification pass rates:
- August 2020 graduates: 100%
- August 2021 graduates: 100%
- August 2022 graduates: 100%
- August 2023 graduates: 92%
The nurse-midwifery three-year (2021-2023) cumulative pass rate within twelve months of graduation is 96%.
Message from the Director
The nurse-midwifery specialty track prepares students for the independent provision of care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; sexual and reproductive health; gynecologic health; and family planning services, including preconception care. Students also will be prepared to provide primary care for individuals from adolescence throughout the lifespan, as well as care for the healthy newborn during the first 28 days of life. This track prepares students to provide care for all individuals who seek midwifery care, inclusive of all gender identities and sexual orientations, all in accordance with the American College of Nurse Midwives Scope of Practice. (ACNM, 2021).
Faculty
Available Degree Programs
This specialty can be completed on campus through the following programs:
Skills
Our graduates enter the workforce with the skills and competencies to:
- Assume an advanced practice role as a nurse-midwife
- Put theory and evidence into practice with women, infants and their families
- Design, implement and evaluate health care strategies for selected populations
- Utilize leadership skills and ethical principles to effect positive change in policies at the local, regional, and national level
- Engage in evidence-based practice by identifying clinical problems, evaluating current research and providing care within the context of preceptor clinical expertise and patient preference
- Adapt professionally to the constantly changing healthcare environment
- Contribute to the advancement of the profession
Specialty Curriculum
- Nursing 7260 Concepts and Issues in Advanced Family Nursing
- Nursing 7280 Conceptual Framework for Nurse-Midwifery
- Nursing 7281 Advanced Reproductive Dynamics
- Nursing 7282 Labor & Birth Clinical Immersion
- Nursing 7288.01 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Practicum I
- Nursing 7288.02 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Practicum II
- Nursing 7288.03 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Practicum III
- Nursing 7288.04 Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Practicum IV
Specialty Content and Clinical Experience
Our specialty provides precepted clinical experience in a wide variety of geographic locations and clinical sites throughout Ohio. Students may be required to travel up to three hours with the State of Ohio to complete the clinical requirement. All travel is at the expense of the student. Clinical experience at a minimum of 16 to 32 hours per week throughout the clinical sequence provides students with opportunities to achieve the competencies of the specialty. Clinical seminars are used to augment the modular content of the clinical courses. In addition, clinical skills laboratories, presentations by faculty on selected topics, student-led case studies and occasional guest speakers are included in the curriculum. Student performance is evaluated through a variety of methods, including scholarly papers, in-class and take-home quizzes, and examinations, worksheets, and clinical practice.
All nurse-midwifery students are required to publicly present at an in-state professional conference during their last clinical year. This may require travel expenses.
