Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Advanced Certificate

The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program prepares advanced practice nurses for leadership and direct care roles in the planning and delivery of preventive, brief and long-term psychiatric/mental health care. Students gain advanced knowledge and skills basic to the psychiatric nurse practitioner’s (PMHNP) ability to: assess, diagnose and plan treatment for psychiatric disorders and co-morbid conditions; provide treatment that includes prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medications; implement psychotherapy and health promotion/illness prevention interventions with individuals and groups; and evaluate treatment outcomes

Advanced Practice Nursing Core (15 credits)

NGC 574LAB - Adv Health Assess Child Credits: 2
NGC 576LAB - Advanced Health Assessment Credits: 3
NGC 612LEC - Pharmacotherapeutics for the Advanced Practice Nurse Credits: 4
NGC 625LEC - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses I Credits: 3
NGC 626LEC - Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses II Credits: 3

Specialty Coursework (33 credits)

NPM 553LEC - Primary Care of Individuals and Families Experiencing Addictions Credits: 3
NPM 558LEC - PMHN: Foundations of Individual & Group Psychotherapies Credits: 4
NFN 559LEC - The Family: Theoretical Foundations and Perspectives Credits: 3
NPM 567LAB - Clinical Practicum: Individual and Group Psychotherapy Interventions Across the Lifespan Credits: 4
NPM 568SEM - Clinical Psychopharm APN Credits: 3
NPM 569LEC - Neurobiological Basis of Mental Health and Addictive Disorders Credits: 3
NPM 570LEC - Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis Across the Lifespan for APN Credits: 3
NPM 618LAB - Psych/Mental Clinical 1 Credits: 1 - 4
NPM 619LAB - Psych/Mental Clinical 2 Credits: 1 - 4
NPM 652SEM - PMHNP Clinic Practicum I Credits: 1
NPM 653SEM - PMHNP Clinic Practicum Sem II Credits: 1

Total Credit Hours: 48

3.0 Degree GPA required

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Develop the empirical and theoretical bases of nursing practice within a defined research program

2) Utilize advanced research methodologies and technology in the pursuit of knowledge

3) Demonstrate expertise in communication of research findings to the scientific and social policy communities.

4) Provide leadership in the development and application of knowledge to nursing research, practice and education using multidisciplinary perspectives

5) Relate nursing research to the development and/or implementation of health care policy regionally, nationally and internationally

6) Integrate knowledge of our multicultural society into nursing research to improve and enhance health care and reduce disparities in health outcomes

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).