Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
Prepare for a career as a clinical nurse specialist in inpatient and emergency psychiatric services, outpatient mental health clinics, psychiatric home care, and substance abuse treatment. Learn to assess and diagnose health and psychiatric disorders and provide psychotherapy.
With this degree, you may choose to lead others in the mental health workforce, including functions such as staff education and training, program development and quality improvement. A clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric/mental health may also focus on individual, group or family psychotherapy.
Admission requirements:
- graduation from an approved baccalaureate program in nursing
with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- licensure as a registered nurse
- one year of clinical experience prior to clinical courses
- undergraduate statistics course
- undergraduate research course
- evidence of health assessment skills
- statement of professional goals
- two letters of recommendation
- personal interview
Course of Study
Each student’s program will be tailored to meet individual professional goals and program requirements.
Graduate Nursing Core:
NSG 500 Advanced Health Assessment
NSG 501 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Science
NSG 502 Advanced Nursing Research
NSG 504 Advanced Role Development in Nursing
NSG 505 Healthcare Policy and Models of Care
NSG 533 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing
NSG 590 Scholarly Project
Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Concentration:
NSG 526 Clinical Modalities in Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice
NSG 527 Family Systems Theory
NSG 535 Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing I
NSG 536 Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing II
NSG 551 Mental Health Perspectives of Culturally Diverse, Rural, and Underserved Populations