DNP Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan)

A doctorate in nursing practice from MU can help you advance your career in psychiatry and mental health. If you want to deliver advanced primary mental health care to children, adolescents and their families, this program could be for you.

Career Opportunities

  • Mental health care provider
  • Mental health care services coordinator
  • Institutional mental health care consultant
  • Clinical instructor

Certification in Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan)

The American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) offers a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) board certification examination.

The University of Missouri is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. The DNP at the Sinclair School is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Plan of Study

Students who pursue the Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner area of study will deliver evidence based advanced primary mental health care to individuals of all ages including children, adolescents and their families in a variety of healthcare settings. PMHNPs engage in independent and interdependent decision making, manage psychotropic medications, and deliver psychotherapeutic and psychoeducational interventions.

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