Program Overview

School of Nursing

The School of Nursing at OHSU offers a variety of programs, including:

• Bachelor's Programs
  • Bachelor of Science (3-year)
  • Accelerated Bachelor of Science
  • Online RN to B.S. Degree
  • On-Campus Post-A.A.S. to B.S.
  • Online B.S. in Nursing Concurrent Enrollment
  • Dual Admissions: B.S. to Advanced Degrees
• Online Master's Programs
  • Health Systems and Organizational Leadership
  • Master's in Nursing Education
• D.N.P. and Ph.D. Programs
  • Ph.D. in Nursing Degree
  • Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Degree (AGACNP)
  • Family Nurse Practitioner Degree (FNP)
  • Nurse Anesthesia Degree
  • Nurse-Midwifery Degree
  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Degree
  • Post-Master's D.N.P. (online)

Nurse-Midwifery Program

The Nurse-Midwifery D.N.P. program at OHSU prepares students to provide expert care through hands-on clinical experiences.

Program Details

• Length: 3 years
• GPA: Complete courses with a B- or better to graduate
• Credits: 116 credits to earn the Nurse-Midwifery D.N.P. degree
  • Core nursing and nurse-midwifery classes: 75 credits
  • Clinical practicum: 31 credits (1,000 clinical hours)
  • D.N.P. project: 7 credits
  • Electives: 3 credits

Application Requirements

• RN license
• GPA of 3.0 across all undergraduate and graduate courses
• B.S.N. or B.S. with a major in nursing
• Completed a college-level statistics course with a B- or better within 5 years of starting the program

Class Descriptions

• NURS 515A: Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology I
• NURS 515B: Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology II
• NURS 517A: Advanced Health and Physical Assessment
• NURS 519: Principles of Pharmacology & Prescribing for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
• NURS 720: Roles, Responsibilities and Concepts for APN
• NURS 721: Ethics for APN
• NURS 722: Informatics and Technology for Health Care
• NURS 723: Critical Appraisal of Evidence
• NURS 724: Application of Evidence to Clinical Practice
• NURS 725: Improvement Science
• NURS 726: Health Care Economics and Finance
• NURS 727: Leadership & Health Systems
• NURS 728: Health Policy and Population Health
• NMID 730: Fundamentals of Teaching Nurse-Midwifery Students
• NMID 731: Fundamentals of Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound
• NMID 732: Advanced Issues in Lactation
• NMID 733: Reproductive & Perinatal Psychiatric Illness: Advanced Evaluation & Management
• NMID 740: Perinatal Physiology
• NMID 741: Foundations of Midwifery Care During the Reproductive Cycle
• NMID 742: Primary Care for Nurse-Midwives
• NMID 743: Perinatal Pharmacology
• NMID 750: Reproductive Health Care Management
• NMID 751: Antepartum & Postpartum Management I
• NMID 752: Antepartum & Postpartum Management II
• NMID 753: Nurse-Midwifery Management in the Intrapartum Period
• NMID 754: Advanced Women's Health Care Management
• NMID 755: Management of the Newborn
• NURS 703A: DNP Project Planning
• NURS 703B: DNP Project

Faculty

The Nurse-Midwifery program is led by:

• Debbie Duran-Snell, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM Instructors include:
• Bridget Lee, CNM, M.S.N.
• Cathy Emeis, Ph.D., CNM
• Dana Chang, CNM, M.S.N., IBCLC
• Eilee Zhu, M.S.N, CNM, WHNP
• Elizabeth Gary, M.S.N., CNM
• Ellen L. Tilden, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM, FAAN
• Holly Houston, Ph.D., M.S.N., CNM
• Jennifer Ham, DNP, CNM, MSCP, FACNM
• Jennifer Gwen Jagger Kaeser, Ph.D, M.S.N., CNM, WHNP-BC, FACNM
• Jennifer Lee Wright, C.N.M, M.S.N
• Kristin Giroux, DNP, CNM
• Laura Jenson, Ed.D., M.P.H., CNM, CPH, FACNM
• Michele Megregian, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM
• Olivia Kroening-Roche, CNM, WHNP-BC, M.S.N.
• Patricia Hanson, CNM, M.S.N.
• Rebecca Soderlind Rice, D.N.P., CNM, FNP
• Sally Hersh, CNM, D.N.P.
• Taylor Friesen, CNM, M.S.N.

Accreditation

OHSU is accredited by the NWCCU, and the School of Nursing is accredited by the CCNE. The Nurse-Midwifery program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education through 2033.