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Nurse Practitioner/MidWifery Educational Mobility Track

This track offers existing Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) the opportunity to obtain additional formal education within the Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing (OUCN). Certified NPs and CNMs will be able to obtain a Master of Science (MS) degree within the NP pathway in either the family (FNP) or pediatric (PNP) speciality, or Post-Masters (PM) certification as an FNP, thereby maintaining their focus in primary health care.

OUCN developed this mobility track based on the following factors:

State Boards of Nursing may move to require NP and CNM education at the masters degree level or higher for future credentialing.
Reimbursement for NP/CNM services is beginning to require NP preparation to be at a masters degree level or higher for credentialing.
NPs and CNMs are demanding articulation opportunities to expand their education while staying within the area of primary health care and the NP role.
Both speciality and generalist NPs and CNMs will continue to seek different advanced practice nursing preparation throughout their career.
NPs and CNMs, who are nationally certified in their area of speciality and have had at least one year of NP/CNM clinical practice within the previous three years , do not need to repeat like content in their supplemental NP preparation.
Non-masters prepared NPs and CNMs are entitled to have access to masters level NP preparation.

Educational Articulation Options to the Masters Program

Eligibility for the NP/CNM Mobility Track

Existing Educational Preparation and Desired Educational for NPs/CNMs

Description of various NP mobility options

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