Kelly Thompson-Brazill, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCM
Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Programs
Melicia Escobar, DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC, FACNM
Associate Professor and Program Director
The Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NM/WHNP) program is a Master of Science in Nursing program that specifically teaches advanced practice registered nurses how to provide primary care to individuals across the lifespan: reproductive health care during the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods; sexual and gynecologic health care; family planning; preconception care; and care of newborns up to one month old.
Grounded in the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, or care for the whole person, the program emphasizes safe, comprehensive, culturally responsive health care to transgender and gender non-binary people, and to people of all sexual orientations. In line with the mission and values of Georgetown, this midwifery program seeks to advance health equity, mitigate racism and biases, and provide structurally competent care through trauma informed, person-centered approaches.
Academic Policies
Additional academic policies governing the Nurse-Midwifery/Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program can be found in the program handbook.
Students are expected to comply with all Graduate Academic Regulations.
Program Requirements
To earn the Master of Science in the Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Practitioner program, students must complete 49 credits, two required Objective Clinical Intensives, and at least 1,000 clinical hours.
A sample course of study is outlined below.
Plan of Study Grid
| Semester I |
|---|
| NURO 5518 |
Health Care Ethics |
2 |
| NURO 5005 |
|
4 |
| | Credits | 6 |
| Semester II |
|---|
| NURO-6007 |
|
4 |
| NURO-6006 |
|
3 |
| | Credits | 7 |
| Semester III |
|---|
| NURO 6528 |
Advanced Health Assessment |
3 |
| NURO 6531 |
Advanced Health Assessment-OCI |
0 |
| NURO 6009 |
|
3 |
| NURO 6512 |
WHNP & Midwif Clin OCI |
0 |
| | Credits | 6 |
| Semester IV |
|---|
| NURO 6504 |
Prim Care for WHNPs & Midwives |
3 |
| NURO 6510 |
Intr to WHNP & Midwifery Care |
3 |
| NURO 6511 |
Amb WHNP&Midwifery Clin Care I |
1 |
| | Credits | 7 |
| Semester V |
|---|
| NURO 6512 |
WHNP & Midwif Clin OCI |
0 |
| NURO 5624 |
|
3 |
| NURO 7671 |
Complex Preg & Postpartum Care |
3 |
| NURO 7672 |
Amb WHNP&Midwifery Clin Car II |
1 |
| NURO 7733 |
Complex Gynecologic Care |
2 |
| NURO 7688 |
Labor Birth PP & NB Clin OCI |
0 |
| | Credits | 9 |
| Semester VI |
|---|
| NURO 6539 |
Professional Role of the APRN |
2 |
| NURO 7683 |
Labr Brth Pstprtm & Newbrn Cre |
3 |
| NURO 7684 |
Lbr Brth Pstprtm&Nwbrn Cli Cre |
2 |
| NURO 8723 |
Integr WHNP & Midwif Clin OCI |
0 |
| | Credits | 7 |
| Semester VII |
|---|
| NURO 6710 |
Families in Crisis |
1 |
| NURO 8721 |
Intgrted WHNP & Midwifery Care |
2 |
| NURO 8722 |
Intgrtd WHNP&Midwifery Cl Care |
4 |
| | Credits | 7 |
| | Total Credits | 49 |
Clinical Requirements
All students must complete 1,000 clinical hours prior to graduation.
Clinical experiences are available at a variety of sites. Clinical placements are selected through partnership with faculty, students, and the clinical placement team. Students are encouraged to proactively engage their community providers in partnership with the placement team. The Clinical Placement Director will review and approve all placements for ability to meet course objectives and individual student learning needs. Clinical assignments may be rotated and/or changed at the discretion of the Clinical Placement Director, to meet individual student learning needs or site requirements. Individual requests for site, type of experience and scheduling will be considered, but cannot be guaranteed.
The expectation is that the minimum required number of clinical hours will be met and the following items are completed by the end of the clinical semester:
- Evaluation of Clinical Site
- Evaluation of Clinical Preceptor(s)
- Evaluation of Clinical Faculty Advisor
- Preceptor Evaluation of Student (Midterm and Final)
A final grade cannot me awarded until the faculty has received the final evaluation by the preceptor.
