Duration

TBA

Starting Date

August

Tuition Fee

$23,411 per year

Location

Online

About the program

This practice specialty includes management of patients across the lifespan with acute and chronic psychiatric conditions. Building upon the existing skill set of the graduate-prepared registered nurse, the four-semester sequence provides family theory, health promotion, nurse practitioner role, and psychiatric-mental health assessment, pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic management skills. Successful completion of the program meets the national certification board eligibility requirements.

The online Advanced Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas uses a variety of teaching strategies designed to actively engage students. Two-day orientation sessions are held on campus before the beginning of each fall semester to enhance the connections among students and with the nursing faculty. This certificate has mandatory on-campus sessions throughout the program. Program start is contingent on class size.

Courses Included:

  • Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making for the APRN
  • Family Theory and Health Promotion
  • Nurse Practitioner Business and Roles
  • Clinical Synthesis
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 
  • Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan
  • Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan Lab

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