Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner option is designed to prepare the graduate to care for individuals, across the lifespan, with mental health care needs and to practice in a variety of settings such as clinics, human service centers, prompt care facilities, and physician practices.
Upon successful completion of this 49 credit MSN degree option, the graduate may take the national certification examination.
Curriculum
First Year
| Course |
Semester |
| 500 - Theoretical Foundations |
Fall |
| 710 - Biostatistics |
Fall |
| 726 - Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice |
Spring |
| 707 - Principles of Epidemiology and Health Promotion in Advanced Nursing Practice |
Spring |
| 512 - Roles & Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing |
Summer |
Second Year
| Course |
Semester |
| 509 - Advanced Health Assessment, Clinical Reasoning, and Diagnosis Across the Lifespan |
Fall |
| 519 - Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Life Span |
Fall |
| 529 - Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Life Span |
Spring |
| 566 - Family Mental Health Psycho-Pharmacology |
Spring |
| 815 - Organizational Management & Leadership in Health Care Systems |
Summer |
Third Year
| Course |
Semester |
| 568 - Advanced Assessment & Therapeutic Interventions |
Fall |
| 569 - FPMHNP Practicum I |
Fall |
| 570 - Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - Diagnosis and Management of Children & Adolescents |
Spring |
| 571 - FP/MHNP Practicum II |
Spring |
Fourth Year
| Course |
Semester |
| 572 - Advanced Psychiatric Nursing - Diagnosis and Management of Adults & Specialty Populations |
Fall |
| 573 - FP/MHNP Practicum III |
Fall |
| 650 - FP/MHNP Practicum IV |
Spring |
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