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Advanced Placement Option (APO) for Nurse Practitioners
and Foreign Educated Midwives
The purpose of the APO is to assure sound preparation in
nurse-midwifery, while minimizing repetition of learning
activities for knowledge and skills already attained. The
APO may allow the student to accelerate through the
nurse-midwifery program or complete the program on a
part-time basis.
Applicants for the APO complete the general admissions
process for the MS in Midwifery or Post-Master's Certificate and, in addition, submit
detailed documentation of previous professional education
and clinical practice by completing the APO portfolio
provided.
To be eligible for the APO, applicants must:
• Meet all of the MS or Post-Master's Certificate admissions
requirements.
• Provide documentation of successful completion of a nurse
practitioner or midwifery program accredited by the
recognized regulatory body for the jurisdiction where the
institution is located
• Have no history of any professional credential revocation
• Take and submit results of the Test of English as a
Foreign Language [TOEFL] with a minimum score of 550
[paper-based], 213 [computer-based], 79 (internet-based), or submit a
transcript showing the completion of the highest level of an
intensive English language program if they are from
countries whose first language is not English
• Have a minimum of two (2) years experience in advanced
clinical practice as a nurse practitioner or midwife within
the previous ten (10) years, or have graduated from a nurse
practitioner or midwifery education program within the
previous three (3) years
• Have in-hospital work experience as an RN in the United
States for at least one (1) year in the preceding five (5)
years in maternal/newborn care, if they are foreign educated
midwives (FEM)
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