To prepare highly skilled Dually Certified Family Nurse Practitioners and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners capable of providing comprehensive, holistic, inclusive, evidence-based care to individuals, families, and communities with primary health care concerns in conjunction with mental health needs with an emphasis on the awareness of the community impact of substance disorders and benefits of psychotherapy and whole body wellness.
Family Nurse Practitioner Requirements
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| NSG 474 | PRIMARY CARE OF THE ADULT AND OLDER ADULT | 4 |
| NSG 476 | WOMEN'S HEALTH, MATERNAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENTS | 6 |
| NSG 478 | CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES IN PRIMARY CARE | 4 |
| NSG 483 | PRACTICUM IN POPULATON-BASED NURSING PRACTICE I | 4 |
| NSG 487 | PRACTICUM IN POPULATION-BASED NURSING PRACTICE II | 4 |
| NSG 490 | PRACTICUM IN POPULATION-BASED NURSING PRACTICE III | 4 |
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Requirements
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| NSG 623 | ROLE OF THE PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER (PMHNP) IN HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNITY | 4 |
| NSG 624 | NEUROBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | 4 |
| NSG 625 | CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSTICS AND MANAGEMENT OF ADULTS | 4 |
| NSG 626 | CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSTICS AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN | 4 |
| NSG 663 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | 4 |
| NSG 683 | PRACTICUM IN POPULATION- BASED NURSING PRACTICE I | 4 |
| NSG 686 | PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL DISORDERS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN | 4 |
| NSG 687 | PRACTICUM IN POPULATION-BASED NURSING PRACTICE II | 4 |
| NSG 688 | PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGE | 4 |
| NSG 690 | PRACTICUM IN POPULATION-BASED NURSING PRACTICE III | 4 |
| NSG 699 | INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL SKILLS, CONSULTATION AND THERAPY | 0 |