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Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

Use your expertise to serve as a trusted healthcare provider that delivers holistic, client-centered primary care to women from adolescence through the adult lifespan ensuring both preventive and specialized gynecologic and reproductive health services.

At Ohio State, you’ll train within one of the nation’s top comprehensive health sciences centers, gaining clinically rigorous, evidence-based experience guided by world-class faculty and dedicated mentors. You’ll build skills across diverse settings — from community-based primary care agencies to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center — while developing competencies in screening, contraceptive and fertility management and commonly performed clinical procedures. Through hands-on learning, interdisciplinary collaboration and the support of expert preceptors, you'll graduate prepared to advance health.

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On campus

  • BSN to DNP

    Nurses who want advanced leadership training and the highest level of clinical education.

  • BSN to PhD

    Nurses who want to lead research and shape the future of healthcare.

What is a women's health nurse practitioner?

A women's health nurse practitioner (WHNP) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who provides holistic, client-centered primary care for women from puberty through the adult lifespan. WHNPs provide comprehensive gynecologic, sexual and reproductive healthcare, manage common and complex conditions, support patients through menopause and healthy aging, deliver preventive care and patient education, and offer both uncomplicated and high‑risk antepartum and postpartum services, including selected reproductive health services for men. With comprehensive clinical expertise to assess, diagnose, interpret tests, order treatments and prescribe medications, WHNPs practice in a wide range of clinical environments.

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Our graduates enter the workforce with the skills and competencies to:

  • Assume an advanced practice role as a women’s health nurse practitioner.
  • Integrate theory and evidence into care for individuals across the reproductive and gynecologic health spectrum.
  • Design, implement, and evaluate health strategies for selected populations.
  • Use leadership skills and ethical principles to influence policy and promote positive health outcomes.
  • Engage in evidence-based practice by identifying clinical problems, evaluating evidence and applying it to patient care.
  • Adapt professionally to the evolving healthcare environment.
  • Contribute to the advancement of the women’s health nursing profession.