Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Learn to deliver innovative, quality mental health care

The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner–Lifespan track uses a wide range of advanced practice learning experiences to prepare you in the assessment, diagnosis, clinical management, and prevention of mental illness across the lifespan.

As a PMHNP, you will make important and unique contributions to health care by developing innovative, quality patient care that is more cost-efficient; collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate healthcare services in order to restore wellness; and managing research protocols and developing research utilization projects.

You will develop the skills necessary for work in case management, professional leadership, and interdisciplinary collaboration across a wide range of healthcare settings including:

  • Community mental health centers
  • Ambulatory care settings
  • Government agencies
  • Private group practice
  • Hospital settings

Admission to the PMHNP track is next being offered for Spring 2024. Applications will open July 1, 2023 and will close October 1, 2023. 

Certification

Graduates are eligible to sit for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Lifespan). Additionally, as an advanced practice nurse, you will qualify to apply for prescriptive authority from the Indiana Licensing Board.

MSN Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track - Full Time

Table lists courses and credit hours required for the MSN Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track - Full Time - Fall
Fall
Description Course Credits
Nursing Theory I NURS-N502 3
Nursing Research Methods I NURS-R500 3
Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan NURS-Y612 3
Total   9
Table lists courses and credit hours required for the MSN Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track - Full Time - Spring
Spring
Description Course Credits
Neuro-Psychopharmacology NURS-P510 3
Measurement and Data Analysis NURS-R505 3
Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan NURS-Y515 3
Total   9
Table lists courses and credit hours required for the MSN Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track - Full Time - Summer I and II
Summer I and II
Description Course Credits
Clinical Hours 75
Advanced Clinical Practice Family PMHNP I Across the Lifespan NURS-P677 4
Advanced Physical Assessment Across the Lifespan NURS-Y625 4
Total   8

Table lists courses and credit hours required for the MSN Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track - Full Time - Fall
Fall
Description Course Credits
Clinical Hours 225
Substance Use/Abuse and Co-Morbid Disorders Across the Lifespan NURS-P675 3
Advanced Clinical Practice Family PMHNP II Across the Lifespan NURS-P680 5
Total   8
Table lists courses and credit hours required for the MSN Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track - Full Time - Spring
Spring
Description Course Credits
Clinical Hours 225
Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice NURS-N504 3
Advanced Clinical Practice Family PMHNP I Across the Lifespan NURS-P682 5
Total   8