The PMHNP certificate program prepares psychiatric mental health-care nurses to treat people across the lifespan with psychiatric disorders at a beginning level of practice. Graduates will receive a broad foundation of educational preparation in advanced psychiatric and mental health nursing practice across the lifespan, nursing theories and nursing research. Health assessment, primary prevention, health-care maintenance, clinical decision-making and illness management are emphasized in the classroom and clinical practica. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be eligible to take an PMHNP national board certification examination. Applicants must have a degree in nursing as an advanced practice nurse to qualify for entry into the PMHNP Graduate Certificate program,
Units: 30.
