Master of Science in Nursing – Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
CARING FOR PATIENTS AND PEOPLE
As a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, you’ll be a clinical expert providing mental health care to individuals, families, groups, and communities. You’ll be trained to use an evidence-based approach to diagnose and treat a variety of mental health conditions through the provision of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The focus of Mount Marty’s PMHNP program is to provide the academic knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide mental health promotion, disease prevention, assessment, and management of psychiatric illness. You’ll learn to not only provide advanced patient care but to also care for your patients with compassion, understanding, and a spirit of service—as part of our Catholic Benedictine values. And clinical experiences in rural and underserved settings mean you’ll be able to provide primary care to those who need it most.
MMU NURSING MISSION
The mission of the Mount Marty University Nursing Programs is to provide students with an integrated education in a Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts setting and to promote personal character development, holistic professional nursing expertise, and community service involvement.
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: Take your practice to the next level with a Master of Science degree in nursing and provide primary care for people of different backgrounds.
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate: If you already have a master's degree in nursing, you are eligible for a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certificate. After applying, we’ll assess your transcripts, coursework, clinical hours and grades, and course waivers may be granted. At the end of the program, you’ll be eligible for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certification.
- Skills you’ll use. After completing the six-semester accredited program, you’ll be eligible to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification examination to gain licensure as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner.
- Convenient online and face-to- face courses. Coursework is both online and on campus. Most students enroll in the program while still working in their field.
Austin Wise
Nursing Division Office Manager
Phone: 605-668-1511
Dr. Kathy Magorian EdD, MSN, RN
Dean of Faculty, Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences
Phone: 605-668-1535
Dr. Carol Stewart DNP, CNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Graduate Nursing Program Director, Associate Professor
Phone: 605-668-1435
Dr. Heather Swanson DNP, CNM, FNP, PMHNP, IBCLC
PMHNP Track Coordinator, Associate Professor
Phone: 308-830-1435
Suzanne England DNP, CNM, FNP, PMHNP
Graduate Nursing Program, Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Phone: 605-454-0142
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing/master’s degree program in nursing and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Mount Marty University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
Click here for a list of tuition and fees for the MSN-Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program.
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Mount Marty University's professors have made a great impact in my profession both as a nurse and as a student. The professors are always welcoming, understanding, and have taught me the importance of community. I have always felt comfortable approaching faculty and felt a sense of relief knowing they are there for me and my best interest.
MMU’s core values of Awareness of God, Community, Hospitality and Life Long Learning have given me a different perspective of how I can overcome challenges and resolve problems in my personal and professional life. Through these values, I have been empowered to excel in my professional and educational career.
Mount Marty is shaping me into a lifelong leaner, and I am thankful to be a part of this community. It is evident my professors are invested in my learning, and they consistently provide me with the tools I need to succeed in my education.
My professors have been very supportive and invested in my success. I was recently displaced by a flood and my professors worked with me so I wouldn’t have to drop a class. GSNA service projects help me to interact with other students and get involved in the community.