About This Program

The Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate enables individuals with a Master’s Degree in Nursing to take a national certification exam as a family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and to be recognized by the Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Required courses will be determined by a gap analysis completed by the program director.

Competencies

1. Upon completion, students will be able to function in the role of a mental health practitioner who provides medication management and psychotherapeutic interventions to those with all mental illnesses, including those with serious mental illness and addiction, and within the lifespan populations of children, adults, and the elderly.
2. Upon completion, students will be able to provide care in a variety of settings including inpatient psychiatric institutions, community offices and facilities, as well as forensic institutions.
3. Upon completion, students will be able to utilize evidence-based practice research and guidelines to direct care of patients and families with mental health conditions.
4. Upon completion, students will be able to integrate comprehensive assessments and management of the patient with mental illness using psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic modalities.
5. Upon completion, students will be able to coordinate care through recognition of conditions that require referral outside of psychiatry, and work with other members of the healthcare team-at-large to provide comprehensive services to those in need.

Curriculum

Nurse Practitioner Core
Based on a gap analaysis students may be required to take one or more of the following:
NURS 5315	ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
NURS 5334	ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
NURS 5220	ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC REASONING
NURS 5120	ADULT-GERONTOLOGY ASSESSMENT LAB
NURS 5130	PEDIATRIC ASSESSMENT LAB
NURS 5140	PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT LAB FOR THE PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
NURS 5350	ROLE OF THE NURSE IN ADVANCED PRACTICE
NURS 5410	INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PMHNP	4
NURS 5112	THERAPY CONCEPTS FOR PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONERS	1
NURS 5213	PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FOR THE PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER	2
NURS 5222	CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PMHNP	2
NURS 5223	ADULT AND GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PMHNP	2
NURS 5324	PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL CLINICAL PRACTICE I	3
NURS 5325	PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH CLINICAL PRACTICE II	3
NURS 5650	PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NP ADVANCED PRACTICUM	6
Total Hours		23

Advising Criteria

Graduate nursing students will be assigned a degree plan once admitted to the program. They are encouraged to make phone, in-person, or virtual appointments as needed to discuss their academic progression.

Location:

554 Pickard Hall

Email:

msnadvising@uta.edu

Phone:

817-272-2776

Web:

Graduate Nursing Advising Information