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Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at University of Arizona

University of Arizona, United States

Programme overview

The College of Nursing offers a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) certificate if you are seeking skills in the psychiatric specialty. You will graduate from the PMHNP certificate program prepared to function as a psychiatric provider, treating people across the life span. You will receive a broad foundation in didactic/clinical preparation, nursing theory, nursing research and psychopharmacology. Upon completion, you will be eligible to sit for the PMHNP national board certification examination.

Faculty: College of Nursing  |  Duration: 34 units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Tucson, AZ, United States

What you will study

NURS 573: Psychopharmacology, 1 unit NURS 609a: Health Assessment, 3 units NURS 501: Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology, 3 units NURS 542: Pediatric Pharmacotherapeutics, 1 unit NURS 628: Introduction to Behavioral Health Therapy Across the Lifespan, 3 units NURS 629a: Advanced Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, 5 units NURS 629c: Advanced Family Psychiatric Mental.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate College minimum (applies to all programmes; departments may add requirements): regionally accredited bachelor's degree or comparable international degree and a minimum 2.75 GPA for certificate programmes on a 4.00 scale. The Graduate College does not require the GRE, though individual programmes may. Programme-specific requirements are listed in the Graduate Admissions Guide.

Spring semester begins January 13 and fall semester begins August 23 for undergraduate international students; for graduate students spring begins January 14 and fall August 25.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.arizona.edu/admissions

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