Post-Master’s Certificate in Psychiatric and Mental Health Advanced Nurse Practitioner

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Semester One: 8

NURS 7465 - Advanced Studies in Lifespan Development (2 Credit Hours)
NURS 8341 - Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing for Individuals Across the Lifespan (3 Credit Hours)
NURS 8350 - PMHNP Practice I: for Accelerated Post Graduate Certificate (3 Credit Hours)

Semester Two: 8

NURS 7251 - Advanced Psychopharmacology (2 Credit Hours)
NURS 8344 - Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing for Families and Groups Across the Lifespan (3 Credit Hours)
NURS 8351 - PMHNP Practice II: for Accelerated Post Graduate Certificate (3 Credit Hours)

Semester Three: 6

NURS 8340 - Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan (3 Credit Hours)
NURS 8352 - PMHNP Practice III: for Accelerated Post Graduate Certificate (3 Credit Hours)

Total Program Hours: 22

Total Clinical/Lab Hours: 504

The following courses are required if not completed prior to the start of the certificate program:

NURS 7425 - Advanced Pathophysiology (4 Credit Hours)
NURS 7430 - Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses (3 Credit Hours)
NURS 7465 - Advanced Studies in Lifespan Development (2 Credit Hours)
NURS 7470 - Advanced Health Assessment (3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite: Applicants must have completed a 3 credit hour undergraduate or graduate statistics or biostatistics course with a grade of “B” or higher.

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