• Generate and disseminate nursing practice knowledge to stimulate research and improve clinical outcomes
• Improve health outcomes through scientifically based advanced practice within a specialty
• Engage in and lead collaborative practice teams
• Influence clinical practice transformation and policy initiatives

• Demonstrate the necessary knowledge, skills, and professional attributes thereby meeting the Core Competencies of Basic Midwifery Practice (ACNM, 2020).
• Use the midwifery management process to provide evidence based clinical care within a shared decision-making model.
• Integrate the Hallmarks of Midwifery in academic, clinical, and professional settings.
• Apply self-reflection to midwifery practice to minimize bias and discrimination
• Implement strategies to address the social determinants of health to improve health equity and outcomes.

Rooted in the rich history of midwifery, our mission is to educate the next generation of midwives, to improve access to care for all by supporting communities to achieve reproductive health equity.

The University of Arizona College of Nursing Midwifery Specialty acknowledges the generations of midwives who have come before us, especially the midwives of the Indigenous nations and communities of color. The midwifery specialty will uphold the belief that everyone is unique, has a right to reproductive healthcare, in which they can be actively engaged, by advocating for racial and social justice and equitable access for holistic care. Pregnancy and birth will be respected as normal physiologic processes, and each person has the right to be actively engaged in their health care decisions. The midwifery specialty will infuse the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Hallmarks of Midwifery and the University of Arizona Core Values in its curriculum.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program at The University of Arizona College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

The University of Arizona College of Nursing DNP Nurse-Midwifery Specialty is preaccredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, 2000 Duke Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, www.theacme.org.