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Advanced Practice (AP) Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing

Overview

Blend the traditional role of the clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric–mental health nursing with the role of the nurse practitioner to practice advanced psychiatric–mental health nursing. Students will learn from experienced faculty with prescriptive authority in a variety of community settings and use the most recent technology to support practice. Graduates will be eligible for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification, based on coursework and clinical experience, as either Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Specialist, Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, or Clinical Specialist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse.

Curriculum

Pre–requisites

• Basic physical assessment
• Statistics

Core Courses – 15 credits

• GRNU 300 – Research in Advanced Practice Nursing – 3 credits
• GRNU 301 – Advanced Practice Nursing: Professional Development and Socialization – 3 credits
• GRNU 310 – Theorectical Foundations of Nursing – 3 credits
• GRNU 315 – Policy, Organization, and Financing of Health Care – 3 credits
• STAT 200 – Medical Biostatistics and Epidemiology – 3 credits

Track Courses – 27 credits

• GRNU 305 – Pathophysiology – 3 credits
• GRNU 309 – Advanced Practice Nursing Psychopharmacology – 3 credits
• GRNU 336 – Mental and Physical Health Assessment – 3 credits
• GRNU 370 – Advanced Mental Health–Psychiatric Nursing I – 6 credits
• GRNU 371 – Advanced Mental Health–Psychiatric Nursing II – 6 credits
• GRNU 373 – Advanced Mental Health–Psychiatric Nursing III – 6 credits

Electives – 6 or 9 credits

• 2 electives required if completing a thesis – 6 credits
• 3 electives required if completing a project – 9 credits

Note: Both non–nursing and nursing courses will meet this requirement

Comprehensive Exam – 0 credits

• GRAD 397

Project – 3 credits

• GRNU 390

Thesis – 6 credits

• GRNU 391

TOTAL: 54 credits

Course Offerings, Full–Time (54 credits)

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