Doctor of Nursing Practice with a Specialization in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner/APNI

Pre-Licensure/APNI Courses

Upon successful completion of the Pre-Licensure/APNI sequence, students are awarded a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

67 credits, including:

• NURS 5005 - Pharmacology for Nursing Care 5 credit hours
• NURS 5008 - Nursing Care of Children: Clinical 3 credit hours
• NURS 5012 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family: Clinical 3 credit hours
• NURS 5013 - Leadership and Management 3 credit hours
• NURS 5021 - Promoting Mental Health: Clinical 3 credit hours
• NURS 5024 - Pathophysiology 5 credit hours
• NURS 5025 - Nursing Care, Acute and Chronic Altered Health: Adults 6 credit hours
• NURS 5027 - Nurse Care Acute and Chronic Clinical: Adults 4 credit hours
• NURS 5031 - Promoting Population Health: Clinical 3 credit hours
• NURS 5041 - Foundational Concepts and Skills for Nursing: Lab 4 credit hours
• NURS 5051 - Population Health Role Synthesis 3 credit hours
• NURS 5108 - Nursing Care of Children: Theory 3 credit hours
• NURS 5121 - Promoting Mental Health: Theory 3 credit hours
• NURS 5131 - Promoting Population Health: Theory 3 credit hours
• NURS 5141 - Foundational Concepts and Skills for Nursing: Theory 3 credit hours
• NURS 5212 - Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family: Theory 3 credit hours
• NURS 6014 - Theory Informed Critical Inquiry I 3 credit hours *
• NURS 6110 - Ethical Care for Social Justice 4 credit hours *
• NURS 6120 - Population-Based Health Care 3 credit hours *

Advanced Practice Foundation Courses

19 credits, including:

• NURS 6001 - Advanced Health Assessment: Lab 2 credit hours
• NURS 6004 - Pharmacology for Registered Nurses 3 credit hours
• NURS 6022 - Advanced Pharmacology 5 credit hours
• NURS 6024 - Advanced Pathophysiology 4 credit hours
• NURS 6075 - Clinical Reasoning 3 credit hours
• NURS 6101 - Advanced Health Assessment: Theory 2 credit hours

Foundation Courses for APNI

35 credits beyond 6014, 6110 and 6120, including:

• NURS 6010 - Health Care Policy for a Just and Humane World 3 credit hours
• NURS 6015 - Critical Inquiry II 3 credit hours
• NURS 6017 - Health Care Economics and Finance 3 credit hours
• NURS 6018 - Health Program Planning and Development 3 credit hours
• NURS 6020 - Epidemiologic Analysis of Populations at Risk 4 credit hours
• NURS 6111 - Health Informatics 3 credit hours
• NURS 6130 - Foundations of Nursing Knowledge for Advanced Practice 3 credit hours
• NURS 6160 - Leadership in Health Care Systems 3 credit hours
• NURS 6190 - Quality Improvement Process and Methodologies 3 credit hours
• NURS 6901 - DNP Internship I 3 credit hours
• NURS 6903 - DNP Project Internship II 2 to 4 credit hours
• NURS 6905 - DNP Project Internship III 2 to 4 credit hours

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Specialization Courses

43 credits, including:

• NURS 6500 - Motivational Interviewing Theory and Practice 2 credit hours
• NURS 6501 - Theory-Guided Psychotherapy and Health Promotion: Theory 3 credit hours
• NURS 6502 - Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Addictions 3 credit hours
• NURS 6503 - PMHNP Clinical Diagnosis and Management Practicum I 5 credit hours
• NURS 6504 - Advanced Psychiatric Diagnosis and Management Across the Lifespan 4 credit hours
• NURS 6505 - PMHNP Clinical Diagnosis and Management Practicum II 5 credit hours
• NURS 6506 - Psychopharmacology and Complementary Therapeutics I 4 credit hours
• NURS 6507 - PMHNP Clinical Diagnosis and Management Practicum III 5 credit hours
• NURS 6508 - Assessment and Management of Substance Disorders and Addictions Across the Lifespan 3 credit hours
• NURS 6509 - Transition to Professional Practice, PMHNP Clinical Practicum IV 5 credit hours
• NURS 6514 - The Integrated Management of Psychiatric Disorders 4 credit hours

Program Synthesis

• DNP Project Presentation 
• ​E-Portfolio
• 1000 Clinical/Internship hours 

Minimum credits required for degree: (164)