The post-graduate certificate is designed for certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who want to extend their scope of practice to provide broader care for patients outside their original area of practice that they studied previously in graduate school. Through five courses, the program prepares professionals to work as Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners with patients across the lifespan and in both acute and primary care settings. The program is hybrid: courses include online, on-campus, and clinical components.
Students who complete the post-graduate certificate will be eligible to sit for certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Students will be prepared to earn certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and to work with patients across the lifespan and in both acute and primary care settings. The program gives Advanced Practice Registered Nurses knowledge and skills in areas of mental health promotion, mental illness, and substance use disorder prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and patient education.
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