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Jan 14, 2026
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Nursing - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (CPMH) - Certificate
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24 credits*
3.0 GPA required.
Students choosing the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program are prepared with specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide care across the lifespan to individuals, families, groups, and communities with behavioral and mental health problems/disorders or the potential for such problems. Clinical practicums under the supervision of qualified preceptors will focus on psychiatric-mental health care in a variety of specialty areas with a rural emphasis. The PMHNP Graduate Certificate (GC) program is for nurses who have completed a previous graduate degree in nursing from a nationally accredited graduate nursing program and desire to prepare for certification as a PMHNP. Upon completion of this graduate certificate program, graduates will be eligible to apply for certification as advanced practice nurses for medication prescribing and behavioral care. The PMHNP program prepares grads to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner examination.
*Clinical hours may be tailored based on prior experiences.
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Admission Prerequisite
Applicants must have graduated from a nationally accredited graduate nursing program and hold at least a master’s degree in nursing. Evidence of prior completion of the following advanced courses is required: Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Health Assessment (including diagnostic reasoning), Advanced Health Promotion, and Advanced Pharmacology (must be completed within the last three years in some states for credentialing). If these courses have not been completed, students must enroll in and successfully complete them prior to beginning specialty role courses. Upon admission, students are required to submit syllabi for each course for faculty review. If gaps in required content are identified, students will be required to complete only the courses (identified below) necessary to address those gaps prior to beginning specialty role courses. Required Courses (24 credits)
Clinical Hours: 600
1 clinical credit = 60 hours of contact time |
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