Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

This program is for students who have completed a graduate degree in Nursing and are certified as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN). The Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will prepare students to be able to deliver evidence-based advanced primary mental health care to individuals of all ages and their families in a variety of healthcare settings, including in rural and underserved populations. Students will engage in independent and interdependent decision-making, managing psychotropic medications, and delivering psycho-therapeutic, and psycho-education interventions. 

Students must have completed NURSE 7120, NURSE 7130, and NURSE 7140 or the equivalent transfer courses. In order to sit for the certification exam, students must be able to provide dated documentation with the course description, syllabus, or other documents, or retake the course.

Requirements

This certificate is an online program, for both degree seeking and as a stand alone program.

Total credit hours for completion: 24

NURSE 8610	Diagnostics and Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Nurses	4
NURSE 8620	Brief Individual and Family Psychotherapy	4
NURSE 8630	Geriatric Mental Health Assessment and Treatment	2.5
NURSE 8635	Assessment and Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders	2.5
NURSE 8640	Group Therapy and Social Skills Training	3.5
NURSE 8680	Pediatric Mental Health Assessment and Treatment	3.5
NURSE 8980	Advanced Clinical Nursing Practicum	1-5
or NURSE 9070	DNP Clinical Residency