Freestanding Institutions of Higher Education

Accredited by the ACNMAccreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), formerly Division of Accredication, withNurse-Midwifery/Midwifery Education and Related Health Education Programs

The ACNM Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) wishes to underscore its commitment to having midwifery education programs located within or affiliated with institutions of higher education.

Therefore the ACNM ACME has developed a set of criteria for institutional accreditation designed to assure that institutions where midwifery education programs are located have governance and administrative structures appropriate to higher education. These institutions should have financial, human and physical resources that are adequate to support their mission. It is essential that the institutions resources are sufficient to provide academic excellence, stability and a level of assurance for success in their programs.

This commitment is consistent with the history of accreditation in nurse-midwifery/midwifery, and the philosophy of affording graduates upward mobility through the attainment of academic degrees.

Codes
* = Accreditation status followed by year for next scheduled accreditation review
N = Nurse-midwifery program
M = Midwifery program
Degree Abbreviation

Master's Level:
MSN - Master's of Sciences in Nursing

The following options may be available at the education program:

A = Diploma or associates degree (AD) RN to CNM- graduate program option
B = BA/BS to RN/CNM- graduate program option
C = Certificate option
D = Distance education options
E = Master's Completion option
F = Post master's certificate option
X = Not accepting new students

Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (MSN)
195 School Street, PO Box 528
Hyden, KY 41749
(606) 672-2312
sstone@midwives.org
www.midwives.org
Susan Stone, DNSc, CNM
President and Dean
Codes: *10, N, D, E