Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
专业介绍
The master’s program in psychiatric-mental health nursing prepares graduates to become psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNP) with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide comprehensive psychiatric-mental healthcare to children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. After successful completion of the program, graduates are eligible to take the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and become certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) as well as become licensed in New York State and/or any state in the USA as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP-P).
Highlights
- Opportunity to learn from experienced, nationally renowned faculty who are both academicians and practicing psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners.
- Ability to develop specialized expertise in substance use and addictive disorders, trauma disorders and trauma treatment, and individual, group, and family psychotherapy.
- Opportunity to conduct research, publish articles, speak at state and national conferences, and serve as leaders in psychiatric nursing organizations.
Goals
- To provide comprehensive and competent psychiatric-mental healthcare to clients across the lifespan.
- To develop competency in performing psychiatric evaluations, determining psychiatric diagnoses and case conceptualizations, and providing psychiatric treatments including conducting psychotherapy and prescribing psychotropic medication.
- To develop the ability to establish advanced therapeutic relationships with clients that display empathic understanding, authenticity, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard — qualities that are the quintessence of therapeutic effectiveness.
- To develop an awareness and understanding of self and to pursue an enduring commitment to personal development and reflective practice.
- To develop a spirit of active inquiry and critical thought in the application of psychiatric-mental health knowledge.
- To appreciate human diversity and develop competency in culturally sensitive psychiatric-mental healthcare.
