Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

College

  • College of Nursing

Degree Earned

  • Certificate

Program Type

  • Online

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Leadership

Name: Sharon R. Rainer, PhD, APRN, ENP-C, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Positions:
  • Assistant Professor,
  • Director - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Director
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Curriculum

Courses Credits
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Core Curriculum*  
NU 560 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics 3
NU 570 Pathophysiology of Human Disease 3
NU 673 Comprehensive Assessment for Clinical Decision-Making 3
Specialty Curriculum  
NU 613 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I 3
NU 614 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II 3
NU 615 Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision-Making for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III  3
Total Credits 18

*NPs returning for a PGCP in an NP population-focused area in which they are not currently practicing or certified may be granted academic credit for prior didactic and clinical experiences based on a gap analysis of an applicants academic/practice portfolio.

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