Master of Nursing Practice (MNP)
This 60 credit Master in Nurse Practice is open to the RN with an active nursing license with a baccelaureate degree. The MNP prepares the graduate for a career as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Licensed Professional Counselor. The curriculum meets the criteria of the ANCC for FPMH-NP certification and the NBCC criteria for licensure as a Professional Counselor (LPC).
Nurse practitioners provide physician supervised medical care and medication management. Licensed professional counselors provide primary psychotherapy and counseling to patients as an independently licensed provider.
MNP - FPMH-NP / LPC
3 Human Growth & Development
3 Social & Cultural Foundations
3 Counseling Theory & Technique
3 Group Process Theory & Technique
3 Career and Lifestyle Development
3 Appraisals – Tests & Measures
3 Research and Program Evaluations
2 Advanced Health Assessment – Primary Care
2 Advanced Health Assessment – Mental Health
2 Pharmacology
2 Psychopharmacology
2 Pathophysiology
2 Psychopathology
3 Health Promotion / Disease Prevention
3 Disease Management and Differential Diagnosis
3 Ethics and Professional Practice
4 Field Experience – Indiv Counseling
4 Field Experience – Assessment & Triage
3 Field Experience – Group Counseling
4 Field Experience – Psychopharmacology
3 Comprehensive Integrated Capstone Examination
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