MSN Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Concentration Curriculum Plan

Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration Program Director: Dr. Lisa Pullen | lisa.pullen@LMUnet.edu

Curriculum Plan for Full-Time FPMHNP Students
Course	Credit Hours
First Semester
NURS 510 Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NURS 520 Advanced Health Assessment	3
NURS 530 Advanced Pharmacology and Therapeutics	4
TOTAL	10

Second Semster
NURS 500 Theoretical Foundations & Research Methods	4
NURS 535 Psychopharmacology	2
NURS 541 FPMHNP I	4
NURS 541A FPMHNP I Practicum	2
TOTAL	12

Third Semester
NURS 580 Contemporary Roles & Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses	4
NURS 542 FPMHNP II	4
NURS 542A FPMHNP II Practicum	4
TOTAL	12

Fourth Semester
NURS 590 Directed Scholarly Project	3
NURS 543 FPMHNP III	2
NURS 543A FPMHNP III Practicum	5
TOTAL PROGRAM	44 credits

Curriculum Plan for Part-Time FPMHNP Students (one sample)
Course	Credit Hours
First Semester
NURS 510 Advanced Pathophysiology	3

Second Semester
NURS 500 Theoretical Foundations & Research Methods	4

Third Semester
NURS 580 Contemporary Roles & Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses	4

Fourth Semester
NURS 520 Advanced Health Assessment	3
NURS 530 Advanced Pharmacology & Therapeutics	4
	7

Fifth Semester
NURS 541 FPMHNP I	4
NURS 541A FPMHNP I Practicum	2
NURS 535 Psychopharmacology	2
	8

Sixth Semester
NURS 542 FPMHNP II	4
NURS 542A FPMHNP II Practicum	4
	8

Seventh Semester
NURS 543 FPMHNP III	2
NURS 543A FPMHNP III Practicum	5
NURS 590 Directed Scholarly Project	3
	10