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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Outcomes
The Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is an advanced clinician who provides psychiatric/mental health services to individuals across the lifespan. The role includes diagnosis, provision of therapies, and medication management for individuals with psychiatric/mental health problems. Health promotion, disease prevention and management of mental health symptoms along with family consultation and education are included in the role. The PMHNP practices in various clinical settings including acute care and chronic care hospitals, community agencies, long term care facilities, home care, and outpatient offices. There are a total of 44 credit hours in the specialty with additional direct clinical hours.
The PMHNP graduate is prepared to:
- Provide expert outcome-oriented nursing therapeutics for patients with mental health problems to promote improved health and enhanced quality of life.
- Manage, integrate, and coordinate patient care services across the mental health care continuum.
- Develop and provide patient and staff educational services to promote positive patient health care outcomes.
- Consult and collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary health care team to support delivery of quality patient care.
- Incorporate best practice evidence to investigate, promote, and evaluate nursing therapies and pharmacotherapy that support evidence for positive patient care outcomes.
- Advocate for patients and families to provide cost-effective, culturally competent, ethical, quality care in a variety of health care settings.
- Model responsibility for continued professional development, integrity, accountability, competence, and credentialing as a family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
For more information regarding the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), . For more information on the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), .
Program Curriculum for the Master of Science in Nursing - 44 Credit Hours
- NURS 601 - Roles for Advanced Nursing Practice (1 credit hour)
- NURS 602 - Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Nursing (4 credit hours)
- NURS 603 - Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
- NURS 604 - Population Based Care and Health Policy (3 credit hours)
- NURS 605 - Healthcare Informatics for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
- NURS 606 - Nursing Leadership in Health Systems (4 credit hours)
- NURS 617 - Advanced Concepts of Pathophysiology听(3 credit hours)
- NURS 618 - Advanced Health Assessment听(3 credit hours)
- NURS 622 - Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice听(3 credit hours)
- NURS 661 - Psychopharmacology听(2 credit hours)
- NURS 662 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Care of Families I听(5 credit hours)
- NURS 663 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Care of Families II听(5 credit hours)
- NURS 664 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Care of Families III听(5 credit hours)听