Family Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FP/MHNP)
Description of Program
The Family Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FP/MHNP) option is a 46 credit hour program that prepares the baccalaureate nurse to provide care to those with mental health problems and mental disorders. The FP/MHNP program focuses on social and psychological development of individuals and families using assessment, diagnostic techniques, pharmacological management, and therapeutic theories for a wide spectrum of patients including children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. The graduate student in the FP/MHNP option will demonstrate the ability to work in a variety of settings including mental health clinics, community mental health facilities- service centers, ambulatory care settings, private group practices, hospital/medical centers and emergency and urgent mental health care areas and colleges of nursing.
Upon successful completion of this program, the graduate will be eligible to apply for ANCC certification as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Curriculum Schedule
| Nursing Management Leadership (NML) Option | ||
| Prerequisite |
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| Semester Hours | ||
| 499 | Statistics | 3 |
| Core Courses | ||
| Semester Hours | ||
| 500 | Theoretical Foundations | 3 |
| 508 | Nursing Research | 3 |
| 512 | Roles & Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| 516 | Advances in Nursing Leadership | 3 |
| Specific Courses |
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| Semester Hours | ||
| 517 | Advanced Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning across the Lifespan | 3 (2/1) |
| 519 | Advanced Pathophysiology across the Lifespan | 3 |
| 529 | Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics across the Lifespan | 3 |
| 544 | Development and Evaluation of Programs in Health Care | 3 |
| 566 | Family Mental Health Psycho-Pharmacology | 3 |
| 568 | Advanced Assessment & Therapeutic Interventions | 3 |
| 570 | Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - Diagnosis and Management of Children & Adolescents | 3 |
| 572 | Advanced Psychiatric Nursing - Diagnosis and Management of Adults & Specialty Populations | 3 |
| Practicum |
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| 569 | FP/MHNP Practicum I | 2 |
| 571 | FP/MHNP Practicum II | 2 |
| 573 | FP/MHNP Practicum III | 2 |
| 650 | FP/MHNP Practicum IV | 4 |
| Practicum hours are calculated as 1 credit hour = 4 clock hours | ||
| Total Semester hours | 46 | |
| Total practicum hours | 640 | |
