Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PM-PMHNP) Certificate

Help Fill The Critical Need For Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners

Expand your nursing scope of practice, increase your autonomy, and meet the growing needs of today’s healthcare world with our Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Certificate. The PMHNP Post-Master Certificate is a specialized, graduate-level program designed for master’s-prepared nurses who are ready to lead in addressing the nation’s growing mental health needs.

Why Earn Your PM-PMHNP Certificate at TESU?

A graduate with this certification can practice in a variety of settings as an interdependent member of the healthcare team. PMHNP’s are prepared to provide holistic care for patients and families and coordinate physical and mental health care. PMHNP’s often develop an ongoing relationship with patients and families and are the first to identify and differentiate co-existing healthcare problems. With this certification, PMHNP’s practice settings include private practice, outpatient partial care programs, inpatient psychiatric units, hospital and ED consultation liaison service and substance use disorder facilities.

What You Will Learn

In the PM-PMHNP Certificate program you will learn:

• Utilize interprofessional knowledge in the advanced nursing care of diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to enact clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
• Demonstrate person-centered, advanced nursing care for diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to promote positive health outcomes.
• Construct advanced nursing care to diverse communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to improve population outcomes.
• Appraise evidence-based advanced nursing care to diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to improve and transform health care.
• Employ advanced nursing care to diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs that ensures quality and safety.
• Collaborate in the provision of advanced nursing care to diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to optimize outcomes.
• Lead in the provision of advanced nursing care to diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to provide equitable outcomes.
• Use technology in the advanced nursing care to psychiatric and mental health diverse patients, families, and communities to improve the delivery of care.
• Integrate professionalism in advanced nursing care of diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to reflect nursing’s characteristics and values.
• Participate in professional and personal activities while providing advanced nursing care for diverse patients, families, and communities with psychiatric and mental health needs to support life-long learning.

Tuition and Financial Aid

At TESU, we've been empowering adults toward brighter futures for more than 50 years. See our graduate nursing tuition rates and explore financial aid options to start planning your future.

Tuition and Financial Aid

Admission Requirements

Read through our PMHNP degree program requirements to ensure you meet our admissions criteria and start your application today.

Graduate Admission Requirements

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We're Accredited

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, and Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Thomas Edison State University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791, www.ccneaccreditation.org.

The post-graduate APRN certificate program at Thomas Edison State University is pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.

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