Dual Concentration: Psychiatric-Mental Health/Family Nurse Practitioner

Core Courses

Course ID	Title	Credits
NSG 876	Leadership and Health Policy	3
NSG 877	Healthcare Economics	3
NSG 824	Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis	3
NSG 827	Epidemiology for Clinical Practice	3
NSG 855	DNP Advanced Practice Role Development	2
NSG 910	Philosophy of Science & Theory in Nursing	4
PATN 606	Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology	3
PHAN 830	Advanced Pharmacology	3
NSG 947	DNP Project Seminar I	1
NSG 948	DNP Project Design and Methods	2
NSG 949	DNP Project Implementation and Evaluation	2
NSG 950	DNP Project Seminar II	1
	Total	30

Concentration-Specific Courses

Course ID	Title	Credits
PMH 800	Individual, Group and Family Therapy	2
PMH 802	Psychiatric Mental Health Disorders	3
PMH 804	Child & Adolescent Mental Health Care in Advanced Psychiatric Nursing	3
PMH 809	Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Practice I	4
PMH 811	Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Practice II	5
PMH 810	Assessment Strategies in Psychiatric/Mental Healthcare	3
NSG 926	DNP Synthesis Practicum	2
PMH 812	Biological Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders	3
FNP 800	Advanced Family Nursing I	3
FNP 801	Advanced Family Clinical Practice I	3
FNP 802	Advanced Family Nursing II	3
FNP 803	Advanced Family Clinical Practice II	3
FNP 804	Advanced Practice Practicum	4
FNP 808	Health Promotion for Family Nurse Practitioners	2
	Total	46
	Dual DNP Total Credits:	73

Technical and Performance Standards: All DNP Concentrations

In addition the technical and performance standards expected of all students in educational programs in the College of Nursing, students in the DNP program are also expected to possess the mental, auditory, visual, sensory, strength, manual dexterity, and communication skills to:

1. Perform a systematic and complete history and physical examination on a client.
2. Communicate significant examination findings to other professionals and client/family.
3. Appropriately assess and record subjective and objective findings.
4. Maintain effective relationships and interact appropriately with other professionals and clients/families, demonstrating skills of leadership collaborations and decisiveness.
5. Accurately analyze alterations in functional patterns.
6. Demonstrate advanced use of the nursing process: assess, develop, implement, educate and counsel clients, prescribe appropriate therapy, demonstrate self-care skills and evaluate appropriate plans of action for diagnosed problems.
7. Maintain flexibility and emotional stability in response to novel, unique situations and stress.

Additional Technical and Performance Standards Specific to Psychiatric-Mental Health and Family Nurse Practitioner Concentrations

1. Anticipate potential common, acute self-limiting, and selected chronic problems.
2. Develop insight into own emotional functioning to evaluate the ability to provide therapeutic intervention for a client.