School of Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Curriculum

Curriculum for students admitted Spring 2022 or after

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Full-Time Post-Master DNP Add New NP Population-Focus Plan of Study*
70 credits^

PMHNP Plan of Study
PMDNP+NP* (70 credits)
Summer (7 credits) Fall (7 credits) Spring (9 credits)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) NURS 7206 Advanced Practice Nursing Psychopharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Lifespan (3)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3) HLSC 7426 Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Mental Health (3)
    NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
Summer (8 credits) Fall (12 credits) Spring (9 credits)
NURS 7207 Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Assessment & Diagnostics (2) NURS 7211 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I: Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (8) [4 didactic, 0.5 lab, 3.5 practicum]

NURS 7212 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II: Adult and Gerontology Mental Health (9) [3 didactic, 1 lab, 5 practicum]

NURS 7210 Clinical Modalities Across the Lifespan in Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Individual and Group (6) [3 didactic, 1 lab,  2 practicum]

NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4)  
Summer (4 credits) Fall (7 credits) Spring (7 credits)
NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3) NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1) NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (1) NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (1)
  NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3) NURS 7213 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III: Reflective Practice and Role Transition (3)[1 didactic, 2 practicum]

*Clinical hours and 3 Ps must be verified upon admission. If not congruent to current state and national requirements, the student will need to add clinical hours and/or 3 Ps to the plan of study.

^Includes a total of 930 practicum hours.


Curriculum for students admitted from Summer 2019 to Fall 2021

*Note: 1080 clinical hours in addition to the earned Master's clinical hours for a total of > 1,000 clinical hours

PMHNP Plan of Study
PMDNP+NP* (73 credits)
Summer (7 credits) Fall (7 credits) Spring (9 credits)
NURS 7103 Organization and Systems Leadership (4) BIOS 6100 Biostatistical Methods I (4) NURS 7206 Advanced Practice Nursing Psychopharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Lifespan (3)
NURS 6324 Introduction to Epidemiology (3) NURS 7109 Health Outcomes: Information Systems, Measurement, Analysis and Management (3) HLSC 7426 Clinical Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Mental Health (3)
    NURS 7101 Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing (3)
Summer (3 credits) Fall (12 credits) Spring (12 credits)
NURS 7207 Advanced PMH Assessment & Diagnostics (3:2/1- 60 clinical hrs.) NURS 7481 Evidence-Based Practice (4) NURS 7211 PMHNP I: Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (8:4/0.5/3.5- 210 clinical hrs.)
  NURS 7210 Clinical Modalities Across the Lifespan in Advanced Practice PMH Nursing: Individual and Group (6:3/3- 180 clinical hrs.) NURS 7110 Scholarly Project I: Project Development (3)
  NURS 7208 Family Systems: Theory and Therapy (2) NURS 7021 Advanced Nursing Practicum I (1- 60 clinical hrs.)
Summer (4 credits) Fall (12 credits) Spring (7 credits)
NURS 7120 Scholarly Project II: Implementation (3) NURS 7212 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II: Adult and Gerontology Mental Health (9:3/0.5/5.5- 330 clinical hrs.) NURS 7213 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III: Reflective Practice and Role Transition (3:1/2- 120 clinical hrs.)
NURS 7022 Advanced Nursing Practicum II (1- 60 clinical hrs.) NURS 7306 Health Policy and Politics (3) NURS 7130 Scholarly Project III: Project Evaluation and Dissemination (3)
    NURS 7023 Advanced Nursing Practicum III (1- 60 clinical hrs.)

*Clinical hours and 3 Ps must be verified upon admission. If not congruent to current state and national requirements, the student will need to add clinical hours and/or 3 Ps to the plan of study.