Curriculum
*DNP Core Courses are held on Monday through Saturday for a minimum of six (6) times pre-scheduled classes during a semester. Students’ practicum experiences may occur weekdays, weekends, evenings and/or nights.
Full-Time Curriculum Plan for BSN to DNP
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration
(94 Total Semester Credits)
| BSN ENTRY LEVEL DNP – PMHNP |
| First Year - Summer (7 Credits) |
First Year - Fall (16 Credits) |
First Year - Spring (10 Credits) |
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4)
NURS 7105 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3) |
HLSC 6409 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
HLSC 6410 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4)
NURS 7203 Research Design and Methodology (3)
NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3) |
NURS 7206 Advanced Practice Nursing Psychopharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Lifespan (3)
NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment (4)
HLSC 7426 Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Mental Health (3) |
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| Second Year - Summer (6 Credits) |
Second Year - Fall (15 Credits) |
Second Year - Spring (15 Credits) |
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)
NURS 7207 Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Assessment & Diagnostics (3) |
NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3)
NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)
NURS 7210 Clinical Modalities Across the Lifespan in Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Individual and Group (6)
NURS 7208 Family Systems: Theory and Therapy (2) |
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1/60)
NURS 7211 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I: Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (8)
NURS 7707 Genetics and Health Promotion (3) |
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| Third Year - Summer (5 Credits) |
Third Year - Fall (12 Credits) |
Third Year - Spring (8 Credits) |
NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3)
NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (2/120) |
NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3)
NURS 7212 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II: Adult and Gerontology Mental Health (9) |
NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Dissemination (3)
NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (2/120)
NURS 7213 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III: Reflective Practice and Role Transition (3) |
