The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies program is for the master’s-prepared nurse practitioner with certification in another specialty, or a master’s-prepared nurse who wishes to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
One year of psychiatric mental health nursing is required.
Credits are determined by gap analysis.
Courses determined by gap-analysis.
Applicants with pre-licensure master of nursing degrees may be required to take additional courses from the graduate nursing common core curriculum to meet all program requirements, if equivalent coursework was not completed in their prior masters program.
Code | Title | Credits |
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NURS 629 | Psychopharmacology in Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing | 3 |
NURS 640 | Advanced Physical Assessment Across the Lifespan 1 | 3 |
NURS 681 | Pathophysiology For Advanced Practice Nursing 1 | 3 |
NURS 682 | Clinical Pharmacology for Prescribing Advanced Practice Nursing 1 | 3 |
NURS 648 | Diagnostic Reasoning for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners | 3 |
NURS 781 | Advanced Theory and Practice I for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners | 4 |
NURS 782 | Advanced Theory and Practice II for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners | 6 |
NURS 783 | Advanced Theory and Practice III for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners | 6 |
NURS 784 | Advanced Theory and Practice IV for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners | 6 |
Total Credits | 37 |
Total Clinical Hours: 760
1 Required for all non-nurse practitioners enrolled in CAGS. Credit for NURS 682 and NURS 640 will only be accepted if the courses were finished within two years of starting clinical practice. If a student's original Advanced Pharmacology and/or Advanced Physical Assessment courses were completed more than two years before clinical placements, they must exhibit clinical proficiency through a test-out option.
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