MSN Nurse Practitioner Programs
Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner Track
Master of Science in Nursing: 55 quarter credits; 640 clinical hours
The online Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track prepares practitioners to provide a wide range of services to adults and their families. The program of study is based on a biopsychosocial model of care. It includes the study and application of diagnostic and treatment modalities, and theories and approaches to practice. Graduates practice in a wide variety of settings as this program enables them to provide direct (assessment, intervention) and indirect (consultation, case management, and supervision) advanced practice services to individuals who are at risk and those who need mental health services. They are eligible to sit for the ANCC’s Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Certification Examination.
The nurse practitioner faculty is committed to quality and excellence in the nurse practitioner (NP) programs. Mandatory on-campus visits are essential to students transitioning into the NP role. The NP programs provide two on-campus clinical orientations to prepare students for clinical practice rotation. Following clinical orientation, these mandatory on-campus visits occur during the following times:
- 2nd Year, Spring Term – students come in during the N550: Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning course for midterm and final check-out.
- 2nd Year, Summer Term – students come in during the first clinical course for the Residency Week.
- 3rd Year, Fall Term – students come in during the second clinical course for 2-3 days for a standardized patient lab experience (SPL) and/or human patient simulation experience, depending on the program.
- 3rd Year, Winter Term – students come in during the third clinical course for 2-3 days for a second standardized patient lab experience (SPL) and/or human patient simulation experience, depending on the program.
- 3rd Year, Spring Term – students come in during the fourth clinical course for the second Residency Week.
For more information about this program, visit Drexel's MSN Nurse Practitioner Programs web page.
Curriculum
MSN - Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner Track
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| NURS 500 | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 526 | Information Innovation and Technology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 527 | Evidence-Based Approaches to Practice | 3.0 | ||
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| RSCH 519 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 | ||
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| RSCH 523 | Methods for Health Research | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 548 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 549 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 550 | Advanced Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning | 4.0 | ||
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| NURS 555 | Psychopharmacology | 3.0 | ||
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| NURS 664 | Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners | 1.0 | ||
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| NURS 592 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I: Theoretical Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing | 5.0 | ||
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| NURS 593 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner II: Management and Care of Clients with Acute and Chronic Mental Illness | 5.0 | ||
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| NURS 594 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner III: Psychiatric Conditions in Primary Care | 5.0 | ||
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| NURS 595 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner IV: Management and Mental Health Care of Special Populations | 5.0 | ||
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| Elective | 3.0 | |||
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