Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner M.S.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

• Integrate knowledge from science, humanities, theory and research into evidence-based advanced nursing practice.

• Utilize knowledge of organizational and systems leadership, quality improvement, health care technologies, and policy to ensure high quality patient care.

• Participate as members and leaders of interprofessional health care teams.

• Apply advanced nursing skills in order to plan, manage and coordinate culturally appropriate health care for patient populations.

Building upon the Master’s Degree Program Outcomes, upon completion you will be able to:

• Integrate theories, research, and experiential knowledge into advanced psychiatric mental health (PMHNP) nursing practice.

• Demonstrate advanced practice skills in the provision of mental health care for persons across the lifespan consistent with ANA’s Scope and Standards of Practice for the advance practice psychiatric mental health nurse (PMHNP).

• Assume the roles and behaviors of an PMHNP primary care provider using research, leadership/management, and teaching strategies.

• Demonstrate unique roles of an PMHNP while collaborating within an interdisciplinary team.

• Apply ethical reasoning skills and legal standards to PMHNP practice.

• Contribute to the development of psychiatric mental health policy, nursing practice, and the profession.