Certificate Practicum: Psychiatric Mental Health across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner

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Residency: NUR 774 is the final preceptor-supervised practicum course in the post-graduate certificate program in which students are immersed in the full scope of the advanced practice nursing role as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Students will develop competency in diagnosing and treatment of a full range of common acute and chronic psychiatric mental-health problems of adult, older adults, pregnant women and children/adolescents who present and are treated predominantly in psychiatric-mental health settings. This practicum course requires 375 direct clinical hours. P: NUR 735 ; CO: NUR 742 .