Fall
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NURS 670 |
Introduction to Psychopharmacology |
2 |
| NURS 671 |
Pre-Clinical Essentials for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role |
2 |
|
Total |
4 |
Spring
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NURS 672 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health I: Adult/Acute |
3 |
| NURS 673 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical I |
3 |
|
Total |
6 |
Summer
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NURS 674 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health II: Child-Adolescent |
3 |
| NURS 675 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical II |
3 |
|
Total |
6 |
Fall
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NURS 676 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health III: Older Adult and Chronic Mental Illness |
3 |
| NURS 677 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical III |
3 |
|
Total |
6 |
Spring
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NURS 678 |
Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Practicum |
4 |
|
Total |
4 |
|
Program Total |
26 |
At the completion of the post-graduate certificate program, graduates will be prepared to:
- Provide quality care within the scope of practice of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
- Evaluate and utilize research within the role of a nurse practitioner who specializes in psychiatric mental health nursing.
- Provide ethical psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner care that is tailored to the unique culture and lives of the diverse populations of people served.
- Serve the people of the state, nation, and world as a leader with psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner competencies.
- Integrate communication and technology-based skills into the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner role.
