Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Minimum requirements for admission: 

• Graduate degree in nursing and RN license
• Completion of elementary statistics with a minimum grade of "B" by the first class day
• Completion of advanced pharmacology, advanced physical assessment and advanced pathophysiology prior to admission with a minimum grade of "B"

Additional considerations:

• Recommended 3.0 GPA on all undergraduate and graduate course work
• Timed verbal responses and written assessments (through our secondary assessment provider, Kira Talent)
• Community service
• Leadership and involvement in extracurricular and/or professional activities
• Military service
• History of withdrawals, repeats or failures

To apply, submit your:

• NursingCAS application, including:
  • Official college transcripts from each institution (including Texas A&M University, if applicable)
  • Admission essay(s)
  • Professional resume
  • Three academic and/or professional references
• Online verbal and written assessments through our secondary assessment provider, Kira Talent (eligible applicants will be sent invitations to complete this portion following review of their NursingCAS application)
• International applicant credentials (if applicable)

At the completion of the post-graduate certificate program, graduates will be prepared to:

• Provide quality care within the scope of practice of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
• Evaluate and utilize research within the role of a nurse practitioner who specializes in psychiatric mental health nursing.
• Provide ethical psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner care that is tailored to the unique culture and lives of the diverse populations of people served.
• Serve the people of the state, nation, and world as a leader withpsychiatric mental health nurse practitioner competencies.
• Integrate communication and technology-based skills into thepsychiatric mental health nurse practitioner role.