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Fill the Mental Healthcare Gap as a PMHNP
Help make meaningful, long-lasting change in your community through Walsh University's online Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate (PMHNP PMC) program. This program will equip you with the experience and competencies to provide mental and behavioral health care to individuals, families and groups throughout their lifespan in a variety of settings.
With an affordable, flexible curriculum, this online PMHNP Post-Master’s Certificate program will see you work alongside experienced faculty as you gain the skills needed to expand your scope of practice. Through didactic and clinical experiences, you will focus on the mental health care needs of patients as you advocate for their well-being. You can complete the program in as few as two years full-time, so you can continue to care for patients.
This program will equip you with the core and advanced competencies to allow you to thrive in your career and will help you:
- Prepare for certification as a PMHNP
- Expand your scope of practice
- Promote health, rehabilitation and improve quality of life for patients of all ages
Online PMHNP Fast Facts
Develop advanced clinical skills and expand care in your community as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
At Walsh University, we want to make sure you’re prepared to succeed. To be considered for enrollment in this program, you must meet the following requirements:
- MSN degree from an accredited school of nursing
- Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Completion of an undergrad or graduate-level statistics course
- Official transcripts from all academic institutions attended
- Two letters of reference
Note: This program is currently not open to international students.
Take advantage of reasonable tuition rates of $775 per credit hour. Learn more about financial aid options.
100% online coursework (excludes clinicals) with one on-campus and one online experience.
You’ll be paired with a clinical placement coordinator who will collaborate with you to secure clinical sites and preceptors.
Connect with an engaged faculty of experienced nurses who understand today’s dynamic health care environment.
Find support every step of the way. Receive coaching and mentoring until you graduate to help you succeed.
Psychiatric Assessment and Intervention Across the Lifespan
This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of the major principles of assessment and intervention related to psychiatric diagnoses across the lifespan. The course will place emphasis on the acquisition, use and interpretation of assessment data. Interviewing techniques commonly used will be explored. The course will also address risk assessment, ethical and diversity issues including cultural bias and fairness.
Therapeutic Interventions
This course provides learners with advanced knowledge of individual and group therapeutic modalities needed to provide support to clients experiencing psychiatric and mental health disorders across the lifespan. Emphasis is on modalities used in preventative, acute and long-term care situations. The practitioner’s ability to recognize and address dysfunctional interpersonal patterns through effective and adaptive communication, including the importance of the therapeutic use of self in engaging the client(s) will be explored. Learners will be expected to critically examine various psychotherapeutic techniques and theoretical orientations while developing a working framework for future practice rooted in a growing professional identity.
Seminar: Care of the PMH Patient
This course is designed to address common mental health disorders encountered in outpatient mental health settings. The course will focus on the development of knowledge and skills of the PMHNP student in the management of various mental health diagnoses in the outpatient setting. Emphasis will be placed on knowledge and skills needed for health history taking, mental health assessment and disease management of patients across the lifespan.
Seminar: Care of the PMH Patient in Crisis
This course is designed to address the management of psychiatric patients in crisis across the lifespan. The course will improve the knowledge, competence and skills of the PMHNP student in addressing various mental health diagnoses in the acute psychiatric setting. The course emphasizes the development of knowledge and skills in mental health assessment and disease management of patients in crisis across the lifespan.
Seminar: PMH Capstone
This course serves as the capstone experience for the PMHNP student and synthesizes all material from previous PMHNP courses. In addition, this course will explore legal and governing issues that impact advanced practice. Didactic content promotes transition into practice.
