Post-MSN Certificate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
The Post-Graduate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) student completes 30 credits and a minimum of 750 hours of direct, supervised clinical hours across the lifespan. The Post Graduate PNHNP concentration prepares the student to sit for the national Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner examination. The minimum acceptable grade is B- or greater. If a student earns less than a B- within a course, the student will be required to retake the course. A required course may be repeated once. If the student is not successful in earning a B or greater, the student will be disenrolled from the program.
The curriculum prepares the student for the following objectives.
- Prepare for independent practice as an advanced care provider embodying the tenets of nursing and practice to the highest level of licensure. The advanced practice nurse provides safe, holistic, innovative, and comprehensive care across the lifespan using evidence, scientific knowledge, and science-based theory.
- Demonstrate leadership skills through the assessment of patient's bio-physical, emotional, behavioral, and social determinants impacting health and engaging in the improvement of healthcare outcomes. Engaging in collaborative communication with patients, caregivers, communities, and other healthcare professionals and leaders.
- Analyzing, evaluating, and integrating quality improvement, evidence-based research, evidenced-based quality patient care, informatics, and healthcare technologies to enhance interprofessional communication and resources for quality care delivery.
- Evaluate, interpret, and integrate healthcare policies to deliver care as an advocate for health to provide safe, effective, ethical, equitable, and holistic care.
- Employ health promotion, education, resilience and self-care strategies for patients, healthcare providers and ones' self through the integration of technology, science based resources and community services.
All students must complete the curriculum as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR-542 | Advanced Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NUR-546 | Psychiatric Mental Health NP I: Assessment, Diagnostics, Evaluation & Psychotherapies | 3 |
| NUR-554 | Advanced Leadership in Healthcare | 3 |
| NUR-558 | Psychiatric Mental Health NP II: Psychogenomics, Psycho-Pharmaco- Management and Counseling | 3 |
| NUR-568 | Psychiatric Mental Health NP Ill: Mental Health Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NUR-570 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical I | 3 |
| NUR-575 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical II | 6 |
| NUR-580 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical III | 6 |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
Degree Plan for Post- MSN Certificate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| NUR-546 | Psychiatric Mental Health NP I: Assessment, Diagnostics, Evaluation & Psychotherapies | 3 |
| NUR-535 | Pharmacologic Principles for Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-558 | Psychiatric Mental Health NP II: Psychogenomics, Psycho-Pharmaco- Management and Counseling | 3 |
| NUR-554 | Advanced Leadership in Healthcare | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| NUR-568 | Psychiatric Mental Health NP Ill: Mental Health Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NUR-570 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical I | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| NUR-575 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical II | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR-580 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical III | 6 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |