Credential Awarded: PMHNP-BC

• Hold a current, active RN license in a state or territory of the United States or the professional, legally recognized equivalent in another country.
• Hold a master’s, post-graduate, or doctorate degree from a family psychiatric & mental health nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). A minimum of 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours must be included in your nurse practitioner program. The FPMHNP graduate program must include coursework across the life span and include three separate courses in:
  
   advanced physical/health assessment
   advanced pharmacology
   advanced pathophysiology
• AND content across the life span in
  
   health promotion and disease prevention, and
   differential diagnosis and disease management
• AND clinical training in at least two psychotherapeutic treatment modalities