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Bachelor's to DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

These requirements are for students meeting the 2022-2023 catalog and after.

Required Coursework

This is a four year part-time program. Dates, times and locations of individual courses are subject to change based on department requirements. 75 credits are required. There are a total of 1020 clinical hours.

Year One Coursework

Semester OfferedCourseCredits
FallNURS 615 Foundations of Advanced Nursing3
FallNURS 835 Ethical Issues Influencing Practice and Research in Health Disciplines2
FallNURS 760 Advance Concepts in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention3
SpringNURS 860 Health Operations and Financial Management in Nurse Leaders3
SpringNURS 623 Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan: Applied to Advance Practice Nursing4
SpringPHA 738 Health Informatics1
SummerNURS 670 Health Policy, Legislation, Economics and Ethics3
SummerNURS750 Transformational Leadership in Nursing3
SummerNURS 875 DNP Intensive

1

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

 

Year Two Coursework

Semester offeredCourseCredits
FallNURS 631 Advanced Assessment Across the Lifespan and Lab

4

FallHSC 631 Biostatistics I3
FallNURS 875 DNP Intensive

1-9

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

SpringNURS 850 Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations for Evidence Based Care3
SpringNURS 875 DNP Intensive

1

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

SummerNURS 855 Transitional Research in Health Care3
SummerPHA 645 Pharmacotherapeutics Across the lifespan: Application to Advanced Practice4
SummerNURS 780 Clinical Genetics and Genomics-Advanced Concepts1

Year Three Coursework

Semester offeredCourseCredits
FallNURS 733 Psychopathological Disorders Across the Lifespan3
FallNURS 734 Theories and Interventions for Individuals and Groups2
Fall

NURS 880 DNP Project

1-8

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

SpringNURS 732 Psychopharmacology and Neurobiology Across the Lifespan2
SpringNURS 735 Advanced Psychiatric Assessment and Differential Diagnosis Across the Lifespan2
Spring

NURS 880 DNP Project

1-8

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

Spring

NURS 880 DNP Project

1-8

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

Summer

NURS 880 DNP Project

1-8

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

Year Four Coursework

Semester offeredCourseCredits
FallNURS 781 Clinical Epidemiology - Advanced Concepts1
FallNURS 736 Psychiatric/Mental Health Advanced Practice Across the Lifespan I

4

Fall

NURS 880 DNP Project

1-8

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

SpringNURS 737 Psychiatric/Mental Health Advanced Practice Across the Lifespan II

5

Spring

NURS 880 DNP Project

1-8

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester

SummerNURS 875 DNP Intensive

5

8 credits required, credits need not all be taken during the same semester