The Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialty prepares nurses at the master?s level as an advanced practice nurse.?Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioners?work interdependently with other health professionals to provide primary mental health care to patients of all ages in communities.?

The Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialty requires 44 total credit hours, 32 didactic and 12 clinical, with 600 total hours of direct patient care. ?Three specialty courses provide students with a strong advanced primary care base for caring for patients with common psychiatric/mental health problems.?

Clinical experiences in a variety of primary care and specialty clinic settings offer extensive preparation for the advanced practice role. Students who start course work in the summer semester will take seven semesters to complete the program.?

Students starting in the fall semester will take six semesters to complete the program