Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing

			Changes in the care of persons diagnosed with or vulnerable to psychiatric disorders have opened new opportunities for psychiatric-mental health advanced practice. Our program is ranked seventh in the nation among other graduate programs in psychiatric-mental health nursing.

With psychiatric-mental health advanced practice nursing skills, graduates can independently manage the mental health care needs of clients by functioning as psychotherapists and case managers in a variety of public, private, community, inpatient, and collaborative practice settings, and as consultants for hospitals and community organizations. An emphasis on the interaction and integration of common mental and physical health problems gives the student an evidence-based framework for comprehensive mental health care.