Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Program Length: Fall Entry: 8 Semesters | Spring Entry: 7 Semesters
Minimum Requirements for MSN in this Major: 49 Credit Hours / 560 Clinical Hours

Course # Course Title Credits
N580 Nurse as Scholar I: Science Development, Study Design & Statistics 3
N581 Nurse as Scholar II: Evidence-based Practice 3
N582 Population Health in a Global Society 3
N583 Professional Transitions: Advanced Nursing Practice 3
  Total 12
Course # Course Title Credits
N589 Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan: A Conceptual Approach 4
N595 Physical Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning in Advanced Practice Nursing 4
N596 Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing 3
  Total 11
Course # Course Title Credits
N759 Introduction to Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3
N762 Neurophysiology 2
N763 Psychopharmacology for the Advanced Practice Nurse 3
N764 Diagnosis and Evidence-Based Treatment of Mental Health Disorders Across the Lifespan 2
N765 Diagnosis and Evidence-Based Treatment of Mental Health Disorders Across the Lifespan: Clinical 2 - 112 Hours
N766 Assessment and Management of Addictive Disorders for the APRN 3
N769 Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Synthesis Lifespan and Continuum of Care Clinical I 4 - 224 Hours
N770 Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Synthesis Lifespan and Continuum of Care Clinical II 4 - 224 Hours
N772 Delivering Evidence-Based Mental Health Care to Historically Marginalized and Underrepresented Populations 3
  Total 26
Course # Course Title Credits
N617 Nurse Practitioner Intensive I: Collaboration, Care Management and Identity Formation 0
N618 Nurse Practitioner Intensive II: Care Management, Information Management, Collaboration and Contextual Relevance 0
N619 Nurse Practitioner Intensive III: Collaboration, Leadership, and Scholarship 0
  Total 0

56 Clinical Hours = 1 Credit Hour
MSN Core, the "Four Ps", and NPI Courses required of all MSN Programs.

Requirements approved by MSN Faculty on June 3, 2019; February 15, 2021; June 21, 2021, August 19, 2024.

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