MSN Nurse Practitioner Track with Psychiatric Mental Health Specialty—49 hours

Degree Requirements

MSN Core Requirements—17 hours

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
NUR 515Advanced Statistics for the Health Sciences

3

NUR 516Informatics and Healthcare

3

NUR 523Clinical Prevention and Population Health in Advanced Nursing Practice

2

NUR 526Theory and Ethics for Advanced Nursing Practice

2

NUR 533Advanced Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

3

NUR 545Health Systems and Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice

2

NUR 559Role Development and Collaborative Strategies in Advanced Nursing Practice

2

Specialty Courses—17 hours

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
NUR 566Models and Theories for Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

2

NUR 651Mental Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning Across the Lifespan

4

NUR 652Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan

3

NUR 653Management of Acute and Chronic Mental Health Disorders: Children and Adolescents

4

NUR 654Management of Acute and Chronic Mental Health Disorders: Adult and Geriatric Populations

4

Advanced Practitioner Core—15 hours

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
BIO 500Advanced Pathophysiology

3

NUR 544Advanced Health Assessment

3

NUR 550Advanced Health Assessment Clinical

2

NUR 558Transitions to Advanced Practice Nursing

2

NUR 622Advanced Pharmacology

3

NUR 650Specialty Focus Practicum

2