Track Description

The BSN to PMHNP/DNP track provides a seamless transition from the baccalaureate to the doctoral level. It includes 72 credit hours and 1,080 clinical hours.

Admission to the BSN to PMHNP/DNP track is during the fall semester. All courses are fully online except those denoted as hybrid. Hybrid courses will require students to travel to campus no more than two times per semester.

Please note there is no opt-out to take national certification boards before graduation. Upon graduation from the program, students are eligible to sit for the AANP and/or ANCC certification exams.

Curriculum

The BSN to PMHNP/DNP plan of study for full-time students can be completed in 3 calendar years. Students may develop a part-time plan of study with input from their faculty adviser.

Year 1

Fall

  • APRN 507 Patient Education and Advocacy (2)
  • APRN 602 Advanced Pharmacology (3)
  • DNP 800 Doctoral Knowledge Development (3)

Spring

  • APRN 502 Biostatistics (3)
  • APRN 603 Advanced Physical Assessment and Health Promotion (4) (45 lab hours) (hybrid)
  • APRN 609 Neuroscience of Psychiatric Disorders (2)

Summer

  • APRN 601 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
  • APRN 610 Evidence-based Psychopharmacology of the Advanced Practice Nurse (2)
  • DNP 801 Doctoral Research and Epidemiological Evidence-based Practice (3)

Year 2

Fall

  • APRN 719 Advanced Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Management of Psychiatric Disorders Across the Lifespan I (6) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • DNP 802 Doctoral Health Policy, Finance and Leadership (3)

Spring

  • APRN 720 Advanced Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Management of Psychiatric Disorders Across the Lifespan II (5) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • DNP 805 Project Development (3)

Summer

  • APRN 721 Advanced Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Management of Psychiatric Disorders Across the Lifespan III (6) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)
  • DNP 804 IRB (1)

Year 3

Fall

  • DNP 803 The Role of Technology and Interprofessional Collaboration (2)
  • DNP 813 BSN-PMHNP/DNP Residency I (5) (240 clinical hours) (hybrid)

Spring

  • DNP 807 Capstone I (3)
  • DNP 814 BSN-PMHNP/DNP Residency II (4) (180 clinical hours) (hybrid)

Summer

  • DNP 806 Scholarly Writing and Grant Development (3)
  • DNP 808 Capstone II (3)
  • DNP 815 BSN-PMHNP/DNP Residency III (3) (120 clinical hours)

For More Information

For additional information regarding this program, please contact the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator:

Dr. Tiffany Pressley, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE, CMSRN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator
Email: tiffany.pressley@fmarion.edu
Office Phone: 843-661-4659