Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Graduates are prepared to function in current and future roles assessing psychiatric disorders, implementing community-based short-term psychotherapy with individuals, groups and families and implementing rehabilitation services for individuals with chronic mental illness. In order to prepare advanced practice nurses who can integrate physical and mental health, advance practice core courses in assessment, pathophysiology and pharmacology are included. These serve as a foundation for psychiatric/mental health courses which focus on neurobiological theories of psychiatric disorders, physical illness that mask as psychiatric conditions and psychopharmacology as well as short-term psychotherapy and rehabilitation. The specific Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing courses are offered in an every other year cycle. 

Summary of Course Requirements