| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Fall Term (6 credit hours) | |
| NSG 774 Neuro-Psychopharmacology | 3 |
| NSG 775 PMHNP Role and Foundations | 3 |
| Spring Term (7-11 credit hours) | |
| NSG 777 PMHNP Diagnosis and Management of Adults | 3 |
| NSG 776 Psychotherapy Modalities | 3 |
| NSG 782 PMHNP Clinical Practicum | 1-5 |
| Summer Term (4-8 credit hours) | |
| NSG 779 PMHNP Diagnosis and Management of Child/Adolescent | 3 |
| NSG 782 PMHNP Clinical Practicum | 1-5 |
| Year 1 Total Credit Hours | 17-25 |
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Fall Term | |
| NSG 782 PMHNP Clinical Practicum | 1-5 |
| Year 2 Total Credit Hours | 1-5 |
A focus on principles of neurobiology including neurodevelopment, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, and advanced theories in the neuroscience of psychiatric illnesses across the lifespan. Psychopharmacologic agents including the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacogenomics, and clinical uses in psychiatric illness will be reviewed in depth.
An investigation of foundational theories and the scope and standards of practice in order to provide care in the role of the PMHNP.
This course will provide students with a comprehensive exploration of selected evidence-based psychotherapeutic concepts, modalities, and interventions for individuals, families, and groups across the lifespan. Students will learn to integrate various psychotherapeutic approaches into a model that will guide their practice.
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to make psychiatric and differential diagnoses and manage mental health disorders in the adult population. Students will learn to apply the principles of psychopharmacology and psychotherapies to the care of adults.
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to make psychiatric and differential diagnoses and manage mental health disorders in the child and adolescent population. Students will learn to apply the principles of psychopharmacology and psychotherapies to the care of children and adolescents.
Students will demonstrate competency in the delivery of psychiatric care across the lifespan through application of knowledge and skills attained from foundational PMHNP courses.
Students will demonstrate competency in the delivery of psychiatric care across the lifespan through application of knowledge and skills attained from foundational PMHNP courses.
Students will demonstrate competency in the delivery of psychiatric care across the lifespan through application of knowledge and skills attained from foundational PMHNP courses.