Nurse-midwifery is a rewarding profession, one that allows you to offer a holistic, person- and family-centered care to women across the lifespan. If you are interested in pursuing a calling in nurse-midwifery, read on to discover the educational requirements, the curriculum, and different career paths. 

In the United States, there is an increasing demand for adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioners (AGACNPs) who can address the complex chronic, acute, specialized, and critical care needs of adult and older adult patients.

As we celebrate nurses, let’s take a few moments to look back at the careers of famous nurses in history.

With the growing nursing shortage, more clinical preceptors are needed to prepare aspiring nurses. Clinical preceptors are essential to facilitating nursing education and building the nursing workforce to fulfill the increased demand for quality health care.

As a family nurse practitioner, Kristi provides primary care to individuals and families across the lifespan. She manages health & wellness, common illnesses such as a cough or allergies and chronic illnesses such as Diabetes, Hypertension, and Asthma.

A testament to the outstanding quality of Baylor University's nursing programs is recent graduate Amanda Ward Braswell, whose commitment to care and stellar academic credentials contributed to her selection as a recipient of a Fulbright grant for her proposed research project in India.

The Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) is known for its elite graduates who lead and transform today’s complex healthcare environments. The school is proud to announce that its student Lindsey Camp Crossman is the 2018 recipient of the DFW Great 100 Nurses Scholarship, The Paulette Burns Graduate Nursing Scholarship Honoree. Lindsey is a nursing student in the LHSON Doctorate of Nursing Program for Midwifery. She is also a nurse reviewer at UWorld.

What sets Baylor University’s DNP-NM program apart from its competitors, however, is its Christian-centered ideology that instills the importance of quick, clear and patient-centered thinking, a crucial aspect of birth – and more generally of life – that incoming student Kara Simonton knows all too well.

Baylor University has ranked among the nation's 'Great Colleges to Work For' for the 8th straight year. The ranking followed a survey of 253 colleges and universities by the Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Baylor also earned elite Honor Roll status for 2018, a distinction that it received for the 7th time.