Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Program Description:

The Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) concentration is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary to provide psychiatric and mental health care to individuals and families throughout the lifespan. 

Upon completion of the concentration, students are eligible to sit for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification exam offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. 

There is a second master's degree option for this program that is primarily aimed at nurse practitioners from other specialties who wish to pursue the specialty of psychiatry. Admission requirements, as required by the Graduate School policies, are the same as the admission requirements for the program with the addition of a master's degree in nursing.

For further information on the program, available scholarships or financial aid information, please refer to the School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences website at www.nursing.wright.edu, and click on the Graduate tab.

Admission Requirements:

Due Date:  This program admits students on a rolling basis.  There is no application deadline.

Program Start:  Varied

Application to Wright State University's School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences is a two-step process.

STEP 1: 

Apply to the Wright State University Graduate School

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

The documents listed below should be uploaded directly to your Graduate School online application.  

• Graduate School application (online)
• Transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
• Resume/curriculum vitae
• Meaningful clinical experience essay (2 pages maximum)
• Statement of professional goals (250 words maximum)
• Provide name and email address of two references for letters of recommendation
  • Current or most recent supervisor
  • Faculty member from your nursing program or previous employer

When the Graduate School application is complete, notification will automatically be sent to the School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences and we will communicate our application requirements.

Step 2

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• BCII and FBI background check results

The School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences will provide instructions on how to complete the above steps once we receive notification of the completed Graduate School application. All required documents should be sent directly to the School of Nursing, Kinesiology and Health Sciences.  

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Be a bachelor's prepared nurse, having earned a BSN in nursing from an accredited institution. 
2. Have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for your baccalaureate degree and any subsequent graduate work
3. Have an unencumbered nursing license.
4. Have a minimum of one year full time or two years part-time experience in the field of psychiatry.
5. Provide evidence of no criminal record on file through a clear BCI/FBI background screen.
6. International students
   • Must provide proof of English proficiency by achieving at least the minimum score in one of the following:
     • TOEFL IBT:  79
     • IELTS:  6.0
     • Pearson PTE:  57
     • LEAP:  4

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

The graduate will be able to:

1. Examine scientific findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
2. Demonstrate leadership skills necessary for ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective to promote high quality and safe patient care.
3. Apply quality principles within an organization and articulate the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality.
4. Apply evidence-based outcomes within the practice setting, resolving practice problems, working as a change agent, and disseminating results.  
5. Use communication strategies and patient-care technologies to integrate, coordinate, deliver and enhance care. 
6. Examine the policy development process and advocacy strategies necessary to intervene at the system level to influence health and health care.  
7. Use communication strategies necessary for interprofessional collaboration and consultation to manage and coordinate care. 
8. Integrate broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations.  
9. Demonstrate advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice including both direct and indirect care components that influence healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems.  

For additional information:

• School of Nursing, Kinesiology, and Health Sciences