Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track
Responding to the mental health care needs of the community, La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences is proud to announce the addition of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program to our Graduate Nursing Programs. The MSN PMHNP Program will begin Summer 2019. The start date for the Post-MSN PMHNP certificate program to be announced soon.
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program prepares nurse practitioner students to provide a full range of mental health services to clients across the life span. This specialty emphasizes prevention, diagnosis, and management of both acute episodic and chronic mental illnesses. Although not setting specific, clinical rotations will primarily occur in in-patient, outpatient, and community residential settings.
Upon graduation, students will become eligible to take the Psychiatric National Certification Exam and seek state certification and employment as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with prescriptive authority. New graduates will become valuable mental health care providers and interdisciplinary team members as well as helping to meet the unique needs of the population.
This track requires a total of 704 clinical hours. The clinical experiences are in NUR 657, NUR 658, NUR 6659. (46 credits)
Core Courses
NUR 607 Advanced Nursing Roles in Health Care
NUR 608 Advanced Nursing Practice for Population-Based Care
NUR 709 Nursing Research for Evidence-Based Practice
Advanced Core Courses
NUR 615 Family Systems Concepts for Primary Care
NUR 616 Advanced Health Assessment
NUR 617 Advanced Pharmacology
NUR 618 Advanced Pathophysiology
NUR 622: Psychopharmacology
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track Courses
NUR 627 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role I
NUR 657 Field Study: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role I
NUR 628 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role II
NUR 658 Field Study: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role II
NUR 629 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role III
NUR 659 Field Study: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role III
PLUS 1 Elective (graduate level)
- All courses are offered Online
Course Credits
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track
Course Number
Credits
Track
NUR 709
3 Credits
Core
NUR 607
3 Credits
Core
NUR 608
3 Credits
Core
NUR 615
3 Credits
Advanced Core
NUR 616
3 Credits
Advanced Core
NUR 617
3 Credits
Advanced Core
NUR 618
3 Credits
Advanced Core
NUR 622
3 Credits
Advanced Core
NUR 627
3 Credits
Specialized Track Focus
NUR 628
3 Credits
Specialized Track Focus
NUR 629
2 Credits
Specialized Track Focus
NUR 657
4 Credits
Specialized Track Focus
NUR 658
4 Credits
Specialized Track Focus
NUR 659
3 Credits
Specialized Track Focus
1 Electives
3 Credits
Graduate Level
