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Our country’s need for skilled mental health professionals continues to expand. Mizzou’s online Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan) program positions you to meet your patients’ mental health needs. As an already certified APRN, this 24-credit-hour program will provide you with the potential eligibility to sit for certification and provide mental health care for patients of all ages.
About the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program
You’ll be learning from Mizzou’s Sinclair School of Nursing, which is regularly recognized as one of the top nursing schools in the US. Becoming a Mizzoumade® nurse is a mark of pride and distinction. So is having such nurses on staff.
Through this online program, you’ll further develop your skills as an advanced practice nurse while also learning how to provide psychiatric care to patients across the lifespan. You'll learn diagnostics and psychopharmacology as well as nonpharmacological psychotherapeutic techniques. And you’ll complete a practicum if you are a post-master's student or residency if you are post DNP or PhD.
Quick facts
Official name
Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan)Campus
Program type
Graduate certificateAcademic home
Sinclair School of NursingDelivery mode
100% onlineAccreditation
Higher Learning Commission, Commission on Collegiate Nursing EducationCredit hours
24Estimated cost
$15,876.00*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.
Career prospects
Students who pursue the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner graduate certificate will:
- Fill the immense need for psychiatric providers in the U.S. and beyond;
- Learn to provide mental health care across the lifespan — for adults, children, adolescents and their families;
- Be eligible for advanced practice nurse certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Program structure
The online psychiatric nurse practitioner graduate certificate program is completely online. No campus visits are required.
Courses are semester-based. You will also need to complete a fieldwork assignment.
Coursework includes
Diagnostics and psychopharmacology.
Group therapy and social skills training.
Brief individual and family psychotherapy.
Geriatric mental health assessment and treatment.
Delivery
100% onlineCalendar system
Semester-basedTypical program length
2 yearsTypical course load
Part timeAccreditation
The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. The graduate certificate programs at the Sinclair School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Faculty spotlight
Nancy has been a psychiatric nurse since 1987. She has extensive experience in various roles, such as staff RN, nurse manager, psychiatric liaison nurse, nurse educator and advanced practice nurse. Nancy holds certification as both a Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner and is owner of a private practice providing psychiatric consultations in long term care facilities.