MSN Nurse Practitioner Track with Psychiatric Mental Health Specialty—46 hours

Degree Requirements

MSN Core Requirements—17 hours

NUR 515	Advanced Statistics for the Health Sciences	3
NUR 516	Informatics and Healthcare	3
NUR 523	Clinical Prevention and Population Health in Advanced Nursing Practice	2
NUR 526	Theory and Ethics for Advanced Nursing Practice	2
NUR 533	Advanced Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice	3
NUR 545	Health Systems and Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice	2
NUR 559	Role Development and Collaborative Strategies in Advanced Nursing Practice	2

Advanced Practitioner Core—12 hours

BIO 500	Advanced Pathophysiology	2
NUR 544	Advanced Health Assessment	3
NUR 558	Transitions to Advanced Practice Nursing	2
NUR 622	Advanced Pharmacology	3
NUR 650	Specialty Focus Practicum	2

Specialty Courses—17 hours

NUR 566	Models and Theories for Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing	2
NUR 651	Mental Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Across the Lifespan	4
NUR 652	Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan	3
NUR 653	Management of Acute and Chronic Mental Health Disorders: Children and Adolescents	4
NUR 654	Management of Acute and Chronic Mental Health Disorders: Adult and Geriatric Populations	4