Nurse-Midwifery Program

Marquette University's Nurse-Midwifery Program (NMP) is designed to prepare scholarly, clinically specialized nurses who will function at an advanced level of practice as nurse-midwives. Graduates will be prepared for independent management of newborns and women during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods, and for primary care throughout the life span. Nurse-midwifery practice occurs within the context of an interdependent collaborative health care system.

The Marquette NMP is a 49-credit, hybrid-online program that combines the best of both campus and online learning. Living within driving distance of the Marquette campus located in Milwaukee, Wis. is required, although a variety of clinical placements are available throughout the state of Wisconsin with some potential options in northern Illinois.

Accreditation

The Marquette University Nurse-Midwifery Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910; (240) 485-1802

National certification exam

Upon successful completion of the program, demonstrating all the professional core competencies, the graduate will be academically eligible to take the national certification examination of the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) [849 International Drive, Suite 120, Linthicum, MD 21090; (866) 366-9632].

In 2017, nine full time students graduated from Marquette's NMP. For the past three years (2015-2017), the aggregated first time AMCB pass rate was 74% and the aggregated second time AMCB pass rates for the same three years was 50%. View the AMCB Annual Reports.

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