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Nursing: Adult Psychiatric Mental Health, M.S.N.

**This degree program is inactive and is not currently being offered.**

The Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist track focuses on the role of the advanced practice PMHN in the assessment and management of individuals, groups, and communities.  Graduates of this program will be prepared to complete requirements for certification as a Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Additional Admission Requirements

  1. A Graduate Record Exam (GRE) (score of 500 on each of 2 of the 3 sections) or the Miller Analogy (MAT) (score of 400 or above) is required
  2. Rolling admissions: applicants may apply any time
  3. A GPA of at least 3.0 on the last 60 credit hours
  4. Computer competency

Degree Requirements

This program requires 43 credit hours as follows:

Core Courses (15 credit hours)

Specialty Courses (22 credit hours)

Cognate Courses (6 credit hours)

Additional Degree Requirements

  1. A total of 540 hours of supervised clinical practice experience is required to complete the program
  2. Faculty advising is required each semester