The certificate program in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is designed to be delivered in a hybrid format and to meet the demand for psychiatric providers in the health care field.
Curriculum: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Concentration (3 hours)
NURS 6310 - Psychopharmacology 3 credit hours
Family Nurse Practitioner Courses (12 hours)
NURS 6311 - Psychiatric Mental Health Diagnosis and Management I 6 credit hours
NURS 6312 - Psychiatric Mental Health Diagnosis and Management II 6 credit hours
Practicum/Intensive (5 hours)
NURS 6313 - Psychiatric Mental Health Diagnosis and Management Practicum 5 credit hours
21 January 2025
College of Graduate Studies
Middle Tennessee State University,
1301 East Main Street,
MURFREESBORO,
Tennessee,
37132, United States
Admission to the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate program requires
a bachelor’s degree in nursing with an overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (conditional admission will be considered with a 2.9 overall B.S.N.GPA);
successful completion of a 3-semester-hour or 4-quarter-hour undergraduate level statistics course
an earned Master of Science (MSN) degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university.
TOEFL- IBT minimum score 71 (We ONLY accept ETS official test scores for the TOEFL)
IELTS- overall score of 6
UMELI- minimum score 85
ELS Level 112 Certificate of Completion
Duolingo English Test - minimum score 95
Applications are due by October 1 for spring admission and April 1 for fall admission.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.