Nurse Practitioner to Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate online
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
As few as 12 months
Duration
20
Credit Hours
$16,918
Total Tuition
Take your nurse practitioner experience to the next level with the Nurse Practitioner to Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate. This online program equips you for leading roles in the mental health field. Learn to expertly integrate the diagnosis, treatment, and management of mental health disorders for patients across the lifespan and build on your abilities to use comprehensive assessment, psycho-social intervention, and prescription medications in the treatment of individuals with psychiatric needs.
Coursework emphasizes advanced psychopharmacology and aligns with NKU's strategic mission to address a regional opioid issue and our overall commitment to promoting population health as agents of change. You will learn to assess risk and determine effective treatment by synthesizing neuroscientific principles, neurophysiological theory, and a broad range of therapeutic methods with patients' lifestyle, culture, religion, socio-economics, and genetics. Upon completion of the program, you will be eligible to take the ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health NP certification examination.