1 to 12 units

• identify the scope of practice of a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
• describe the role of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in psychiatric settings.
• construct a psychiatric evaluation including family, cultural, financial, vocational, community, health promotion, and safety assessments to clients across the lifespan.
• utilize research, national guidelines and clinical evidence to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention for individuals and families.
• utilize the DSM-V to formulate differential diagnoses.
• identify medical problems and interpret lab values essential to the diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders.
• recognize therapeutic interventions including individual, group, or family therapies.
• review medication regimens with attention to side effects, benefits, need for life changes, cost, laboratory monitoring, and client self-management skills.
• demonstrate clinical expertise by providing comprehensive care to clients with complex psychiatric conditions.
• analyze strategies for management of acute and chronic psychiatric conditions in populations across the lifespan, including interviewing, safety assessment, rapport building, assessment, health promotion, and identification of diagnoses and differentials.
• evaluate and revise treatment plans, medication regimens, goals, and health promotion interventions using evidence-based practice to improve outcomes.
• incorporate social, policy, and legal resources to construct comprehensive treatment plans including evidence-based practice.
• differentiate various roles of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in clinical settings.
• develop differences in treatment planning based on age, diagnosis, symptoms, community resources, and theoretical perspectives for positive outcomes.
• formulate therapeutic interventions including individual, group, or family therapy and desired outcomes.