Public Health Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Track (affiliated with Shenandoah University)

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. The program offers 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

Those who earn a master's degree as a public health nurse 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

*Interview with a faculty member may or may not be requested.

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

Start Early

Students are strongly encouraged to complete the application process early. Candidates for admission will be notified of a decision in writing after all the application documents are received and the Admissions Committee's review.

Note: The admissions committee for the Public Health Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Track consists of representatives from both Johns Hopkins University and Shenandoah University.

Follow all instructions carefully to avoid delays in the processing of application materials. 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.

Submit

• Completed and signed application form
• Signed statement acknowledging the School's Ethics Policy
• $75 non-refundable application fee
  (Make check or money order payable to "Johns Hopkins University")
• Goal statement
• Three recommendations:
  • At least one recommendation from an academic source (current or previous professor)
  • Remaining two recommendations may be from either an academic or professional source (employment/volunteer supervisor)
  • 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 Johns Hopkins University)
• Current résumé
• Official GRE scores, if applying to the MSN/MPH or MSN/MBA programs, sent to the School of Nursing (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

Note: Due to changing clinical site regulations, students are required to undergo a criminal background check prior to matriculation. The School will provide information about this process to accepted students.

Applicants Who Have Studied Abroad

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

• Official course-by-course evaluation from the World Education Services (WES) or Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)
  (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 international students seeking an F-1 visa are required to submit official documents in English showing proof of funding

More information for international applicants 
Office of International Student, Faculty, and Staff Services

Full
Curriculum

Full Curriculum

Click on course names for descriptions

Nursing Core Courses

Public Health Core Courses

PH 180.601 Environmental Health (online, 3/5 units)
PH 340.601 Principles of Epidemiology (3/5 units)

Specialty Courses

Advanced Practice Courses

Shenandoah Courses (online)

NM 610.XXX Primary Care of Women (3 credits)
NM 620.XXX Comprehensive Antepartal Care (3 credits)
NM 630.XXX Midwifery Practicum (3 credits)
NM 640.XXX Comprehensive Perinatal Care (3 credits)
NM 650.XXX Integrated Midwifery Practicum (6 credits)
NM 660.XXX Advanced Midwifery Practicum (1 credit)

Sample Full-time
Course of Study

Sample Full-time Course of Study

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

This is a 63 credit master’s option (with 44 credits taken in the PHN track and 19 in the Midwifery track) may be completed in 7 semesters.

Fall I (12 credits)

PH340.601 - Principles of Epidemiology (3-5 credits)

Spring I (12 credits)

Summer I (5 credits)

Fall II (9 credits)

Courses at Shenandoah (online)
 NM610.XXX - Primary Care of Women
NM620.XXX - Comprehensive Antepartal Care

Spring II (9 credits)

PH180.601 - Environmental Health (3-5 credits)

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

Summer II (7 credits)

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

Fall III (9 credits)

* PHN Leadership and Management and Evaluation includes a clinical component

Tuition

Tuition