Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Program Overview
The Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner prepares graduate-prepared nurses to seek PMHNP certification, delivered asynchronously online.
- Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) are advanced practice registered nurses certified to assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families with psychiatric disorders
- PMHNPs use their full scope of therapeutic skills, including prescribing medication and administering psychotherapy
- Gives graduate-prepared nurses the knowledge and skills to seek certification as a PMHNP
- Open to those holding a previous graduate degree in nursing and an active, unencumbered RN license in the state of Texas
- Delivered asynchronously online, with required clinical hours
- Prepares graduates to sit for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and/or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) certification exams to be licensed as a PMHNP