Public Health Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Track

Program
Overview

Program Overview

Delivering Women's Health

The Public Health Nursing/Nurse-Midwifery Track prepares graduates who will promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities. Faculty have crafted a unique curriculum that includes role development, advanced assessment and management of women's health, and primary women's health throughout the lifespan, while including more than 720 hours of clinical experience in a wide variety of ambulatory and community sites, such as rural and medically underserved healthcare settings.

This program is offered through a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Shenandoah University Division of Nursing in Virginia with support from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. The Nurse-Midwifery Track at Shenandoah University Division of Nursing is fully accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives Accreditation Commission of Midwifery Education Shenandoah University Division of Nursing in Virginia.

Those who earn a master's degree in as a public health nursing and a certificated nurse-midwife:

• Receive a master of science in nursing from Hopkins and a certificate of endorsement in nurse-midwifery from Shenandoah
• Are legally able to practice in every state, upon certification
• Are eligible to sit for the national certification exam given by the American Midwifery Certification Board

To be given consideration for a Merit Scholarship Award, you must be accepted for admission by March 1. Please note that on average it takes the Admissions Committee approximately one month to reach a decision upon receipt of a completed application.

Program
Requirements

Program Requirements

Students may apply for full- or part-time study.

The school seeks individuals who will bring to the student body the qualities of scholarship, motivation, and commitment. The Admissions Committee is interested in each applicant as an individual and will consider both academic potential and personal qualities. Therefore, school records, test scores, recommendations, and essays about goals and interests are important.

Recommendations about a student's character, intellectual curiosity, seriousness of purpose, and range of extracurricular activities are considered.

Selection factors include:

• Bachelor of Science degree in nursing
• Scholastic Grade Point Average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale from an accredited college or university
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores within the past five years (for MSN/MPH and MSN/MBA applicants only)
• Demonstrated commitment to nursing practice and scholarly pursuit
• Community service and professional commitment
• Interview with faculty member
• Written expression of goals
• Letters of recommendation
• Applicants must submit evidence of current nursing licensure. Students must have or obtain Maryland Registered Nurse licensure for matriculation

Additionally, applicants for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program

• Will be exceptional students who are carefully chosen based on a number of factors including previous experiences.  Direct care acute care experiences will be required;
  OR 
• Will be required to attend part time during their first year in the program while working as a staff nurse in a critical care unit full time (more than 36 hours per week), and will not begin NP clinical courses until their second year.

Transfer of Credit

Transfer of credit is granted on an individual basis. The decision is based on equivalent content (for required courses), credit allotment and satisfactory completion of courses. You may petition for permission to substitute a course from another college or university by submitting a request to the Office of Admissions and Student Services along with the complete course syllabus.

Up to 6 credits of graduate course work taken at Johns Hopkins University or elsewhere may be accepted for transfer. Course work must have been completed within the last five years. Course work at the undergraduate level will not be considered for advanced standing credit.

Admissions
Procedures

Admissions Procedures

Students are strongly encouraged to complete the application process as early as possible. Candidates for admission will be notified of a decision in writing after all the application documents are received and the admissions committee has reviewed the record.

Please note that on average it takes the Admissions Committee approximately one month to reach a decision upon receipt of a completed application.

Follow all instructions carefully to avoid delays in the processing of application materials. In order to expedite the application process, students may submit all supporting documentation, including official transcripts and recommendations, in sealed envelopes in one package (test scores excluded). Application supporting documentation may also arrive separately. Before a final admission decision can be made, all supporting documentation must be received.

All applicants must submit:

• Completed and signed application form
• Signed statement acknowledging the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Ethics Policy
• $75 non-refundable application fee. Make check or money order payable to the Johns Hopkins University
• Goal statement
• Three recommendations; at least one recommendation must be from an academic source (i.e. a professor whose class you have completed or are currently in the process of completing). The remaining two recommendations may be from either an academic or professional source (i.e. from an employment/volunteer supervisor). The recommendations should be enclosed in sealed envelopes with the recommender's signature across the envelope flap.
• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (including the Johns Hopkins University)
• Current resume
• Official GRE scores, if applying to the MSN/MPH or MSN/MBA options, sent to the JHUSON (School code: 5767)
• Verification of current RN license. All RN's must obtain a Maryland RN license and present verification by the time of matriculation

International applicants and applicants who have completed courses outside of the United States must submit:

• Official course-by-course World Education Services (WES) evaluation or official course-by-course evaluation from Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS). Please note: if any academic credit was granted from an academic institution outside the United States, credits must be evaluated.
• Official Test of English as a Second Language (TOEFL) scores for international students whose native language is not English
• All non-permanent citizens are required to submit official documents in English showing proof of funding. For more information, visit www.hopkinsmedicine.org/intlsvcs
  
  More information for international applicants 

Please note: Due to changing clinical site regulations, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing students are required to undergo a criminal background check prior to matriculation. The School of Nursing will provide information about this process to accepted students.

Full
Curriculum

Full Curriculum

For students entering after 2012 view the curriculum below, for all others please view the previous curriculum.

Full-time Plan of Study-63 credits (44 Public Health Nursing, 19 Midwifery)

Year 1

Fall (12-14 credits)

NR500.601 - PHN: Theory & Practice (3 credits)
NR110.508 - Clinical Pharmacology (3 credits)
PH340.601 - Principles of Epidemiology (3-5 credits)
NR110.507 - Statistical Literacy and Reasoning in Nursing Research (3 credits-online)

Spring (12 credits)
NR500.604 - Population Based Nursing Intervention (3 credits)
NR500.605 - PHN Leadership and Management (3 credits)
NR110.502 - Physiology/Pathophysiology (3 credits-online)
NR110.536 - Adv Health Assessment: Adult/ Geriatric Variation (1 credit-online)
NR110.549 - Advanced Health Assessment & Measurement (2 credits-didactic online, clinical onsite)*

Summer (5 credits)
NR500.602 - PHN: Theory and Practice Practicum (3 credits)*
NR110.560 - Program Development and Evaluation (2 credits-online)

Year 2

Fall (9 credits)
NR110.504 - Context of Health Care for APN (3 credits-online or onsite)

Courses at Shenandoah
NM610 - Primary Care of Women (3 credits-online)*
NM620 - Comprehensive Antepartal Care (3 credits-online)*

Spring (9-11 credits)
PH180.601 - Environmental Health (3-5 credits-online)

Courses at Shenandoah
NM640 - Comprehensive Perinatal Care (3 credits-online)*
NM630 - Midwifery Practicum (3 credits-online)*

Summer (7 credits)

Courses at Shenandoah
NM650 - Integrated Midwifery Practicum (6 credits-online)*
NM660 - Advanced Midwifery Role Development (1 credits-online)

Year 3

Fall (9-11 credits)
NR500.606 - PHN Leadership and Management and Evaluation (3-5 credits)*
NR110.500 - Philosophical Theoretical and Ethical Basis for APN (3 credits)
NR110.503 - Application of Research to Practice (3 credits)

* Course includes a clinical component

Tuition

Tuition