• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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Certified nurse-midwives are essential to women’s health. As a licensed independent health care professional, you will specialize in proving care to women across their lifespan. You will provide prenatal care, attend births, care for newborns, provide reproductive care, offer counseling, and have full prescriptive authority.

Midwives partner with women and families, emphasizing compassion and skillful communication. Nurse-midwives provide evidence-based individualized care to ensure healthy outcomes. The World Health Organization recommends that midwives be the principal providers for pregnant women.

Your Education

• 14-week courses, summer start, 6 consecutive terms for 2 years.
• 55 credits in total, 934 clinical hours and 116 lab hours total
• A mixture of online and hands-on in-person learning experiences throughout the program.
• 2/3 of your clinical rotations will be outside of Albuquerque.
• Clinical courses are taught in a block format. Our blocks include on-campus learning for the first two to three weeks. Followed by a dedicated four to five week period of clinical rotation.
• When you complete this program, you will earn a Master of Science in Nursing.
• After graduation you are eligible to sit for national nurse-midwifery certification and licensure exam through the American Midwifery Certification Board. Once you pass your exam you are officially a certified nurse-midwife.

You Will Be Prepared.

Completing the Nurse-Midwifery Program prepares you to:

• Analyze theoretical and empirical knowledge from the sciences and humanities, and apply this knowledge to the care of women and their infants within a family and community context.

• Identify the influence of economic, social and political trends on the effectiveness of health care delivery to women and infants.

• Provide safe and satisfying primary health care that supports individual rights and self-determination in a variety of settings, with emphasis on underserved and rural client populations. This includes clinical management of normal labor and delivery, care of the neonate and well-woman care.

• Apply skills in health assessment, teaching and counseling, with emphasis on self-help, wellness and the prevention of illness and disability.

• Communicate both verbally and in writing with various members of the health care delivery system, including keeping adequate documentation of nurse-midwifery care.

• Develop accurate and reflective self-evaluation skills of knowledge base and clinical performance.

• Demonstrate collaborative relationships with other health team members and with community groups for the planning, management and provision of health care for women and their infants.

• Demonstrate the socialization and conceptual awareness of the role and responsibilities of the nurse-midwife.

• Demonstrate a commitment to personal and professional growth and the growth of the profession through participation in professional organizations, community and scholarly activities, such as research, writing and teaching.

• Participate in quality assurance activities in the health care setting.

• Exemplify the ethical and moral obligations of professional service while interacting with clients and society in general.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ College of Nursing

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Earned degree that is the equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor degree. Minimum of a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a U.S. 4.0 scale or comparable grade point average in upper-division (junior and senior level) university course work and in any graduate work already completed. TOEFL (internet-based) 79, TOEFL (paper-based) 550, IELTS 6.5, Pearson Test of English 53.

课程信息

学制：全日制(2 年)

学费：US$36,273.05 (¥ 230,766) /年

开学时间：2022八月23日

申请截止日期：1-Nov-22

留学地点：College of NursingMSC09 5350,University of New Mexico,ALBUQUERQUE,New Mexico,87131, United States