MHNP - Mental Health Nursing Pract

This course establishes the process by which students will demonstrate the outcomes of the Master of Science in Nursing program Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track. Students begin a professional portfolio to document role development throughout the graduate program and career. Portfolio artifacts link program knowledge, skills, and attitudes to the achievement of professional competencies and learning outcomes as well as the critical thinking and evidence-based practice that will enable them to become agents of change in advanced nursing and interprofessional practice. This course includes an onsite intensive.

This course provides a focused study of the assessment and prescribing parameters of pharmacologic interventions commonly used to manage neurobiopathology.

This course explores how the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner applies clinical judgment to inform practice. Emphasis is on processing client information in a systematic manner.

Application of theory to the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner practice. Practicum experiences develop advanced practice nursing skills. Topics explored include health promotion, disease prevention, advocacy, and education of individual patients. (150 practicum hours required)

Designed to strengthen development as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Practicum experiences guide the student's application of services in a variety of settings. Students incorporate additional strategies for coordinating interprofessional care, expanding their repertoire of modalities, including family and group therapies. (150 practicum hours required)

This course requires the student to demonstrate the ability to function as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Practicum experiences guide the student to refine skills in assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing interventions for diverse clients with multiple conditions. (150 practicum hours required)

This course enhances the knowledge and skills necessary to perform health assessment across the lifespan with emphasis on the assessment and evaluation of symptom sets associated with psychiatric mental health conditions. (75 practicum hours required)

Students demonstrate achievement of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner outcomes. Students engage in interprofessional simulations and other methodologies designed to demonstrate the knowledge, dispositions, and skills required to be effective in advanced nursing practice. (Onsite intensive and 35 practicum hours required)