Family Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Graduate Certificate)

The certificate program for the family psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner specialty is an advanced nursing practice program. It prepares graduates to provide holistic, client-centered mental health care to individuals of all ages within traditional, nontraditional and culturally diverse families. It is designed for board-certified nurses in a different advanced practice registered nurse specialty area who seek additional certification as a family psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, and for doctorate-level nurses who seek to become a family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. It emphasizes the assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based management of common and complex mental health disorders across the life span. This is a hybrid program, a blend of in-person and online learning. Students are required to travel to campus for orientation once and for immersions two or three times per semester. Core courses include pharmacology, advanced pathophysiology and advanced health assessment. Any deficiency courses determined by the student's unique gap analysis must have been completed in the past five years to be eligible for credit. The program highlights valid and reliable tools for screening and identification of mental health disorders, as well as early interventions for these problems. Content for each disorder includes epidemiology, incidence, early signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, and sociocultural variations in evidence-based management and treatment. Management includes psychopharmacologic and therapeutic skills building that are based in motivational interviewing, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Individual, group and family therapy techniques are emphasized. More details: https://degrees.apps.asu.edu/masters-phd/major/ASU00/NUPMNUPRCE/family-psychiatric-and-mental-health-nurse-practitioner-graduate-certificate