PMHNP Suggested Plan of Study
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | BSN-DNP
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | BSN-DNP
Year | Course | Credits |
---|---|---|
One | ||
Fall | NURS 715: Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
NURS 720: Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 | |
NURS 936: Informatics and Safe and Effective Health Care | 3 | |
Spring | NURS 740: Evidence-Based Practice and Research | 3 |
NURS 945: Population Health in a Global Context | 3 | |
NURS 969: Applied Data Analysis | 3 | |
Summer | NURS 934: Clinical Scholarship and Professional Communication | 3 |
NURS 935: Leading Organizational and Systems Change | 3 | |
Two | ||
Fall | NURS 750: Advanced Health and Physical Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing — 45 lab hours | 3 |
NURS 752: Advanced Diagnostic Reasoning and Management | 2 | |
NURS 921: Theoretical Principles of Evidence-Based Practice | 3 | |
NURS 922: Critical Appraisal of Evidence (2 cr th, 1 cr recitation) | 3 | |
Qualifying Exam | ||
Spring | NURS 723: Psychiatric Diagnosis and Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan | 5 |
NURS 860: Biopsychosocial Care 1: Psychiatric Mental Health Interventions Across the Lifespan (120 clinical hours) | ||
NURS 923: Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practice | 3 | |
NURS 994: DNP Project | 3 | |
Summer | NURS 865: Biopsychosocial Care 2: Psychiatric Mental Health Interventions with Children | 3 |
NURS 994: DNP Project (If implementing DNP Project in the summer) | 3 | |
Three | ||
Fall | NURS 864: Biopsychosocial Care 3: Psychiatric Mental Health Interventions in the Context of Relationships Across the Lifespan — 180 clinical hours | 6 |
NURS 967: Economics and Financing of Health Care Systems | 3 | |
NURS 994: DNP Project | 3 | |
Spring | NURS 868: Biopsychosocial Care 4: Management of Complex Psychiatric Mental Health Problems Across the Lifespan — 240 Clinical Hours | 6 |
NURS 938: Public Policy and Advocacy in Health Care | 3 | |
NURS 994: DNP Project (if completing project) | 3 |
Clinical hours must be taken in sequence.