The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing

The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (FSMFN) has been educating midwives and nurse practitioners for over 70 years. Its innovative community-based graduate program enables registered nurses to advance in their chosen specialty while earning their master's degrees online.

The Frontier School offers:

• Clinical experience with practitioners in your own community
• New classes starting eight times each year
• Full-time (24-month) and part-time study options
• Distance education courses via a rich, web-based community of faculty and learners

Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery

The Nurse-Midwifery (CNEP) program offers a strong academic and clinical basis as well as a unique emphasis--providing a strong foundation in understanding the business of primary care. This track educates students not only to be nurse-midwives but to be entrepreneurs with a focus on how to develop and run a birth center, community assessment and the business issues of becoming a nurse-midwife.

ADN-MSN Bridge

There is an ADN to MSN bridge as an entry option to the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program for nurses with an associate degree in nursing and no bachelor's degree in any field. ADN-MSN students bridge directly into the MSN program. No bachelor degree is conferred. (This option is not available to diploma RNs who do not hold an ADN.)

Post-Master's Certificate

The Post-Master's certificate is for RNs who already hold the MSN degree in Nurse-Midwifery.

Accreditation

Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing (FSMFN) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award masters degrees and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation status of FSMFN.

FSMFN is licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Council of Postsecondary Education (1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 320, Frankfort, KY 40601; Tel: 502-573-1555) to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and both certificates and a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) for nurse-midwifery, family nurse practitioner, and women's health care nurse practitioner specialties.

FSMFN is institutionally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME). The nurse-midwifery post-masters certificate program and master's program are fully accredited by ACME, 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374, (240) 485-1800.

The Master of Science in Nursing program and the post-master's certificate programs, including the nurse-midwifery, family nurse practitioner and women's health care nurse practitioner tracks are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10006, (212) 363-5555.

Information

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