Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Post-Master’s Certificate)

Program Requirements

Complete a minimum of 18 credits from 3 required courses.

Clinical experience: All students must complete 500 hours of documented supervised clinical experience. Students need to arrange their own clinical experiences. All practicum experiences are subject to the approval of the program directors. The agency must be under contract agreement with the UMass/Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences and that working agreement will be facilitated by the Placement Office prior to the start of the clinical course. Students are advised that preceptors must be either master’s-prepared NPs, physician assistants (PAs), certified nurse midwives (CNMs) or physicians (MDs or Docs) with evidence of current licensure and board specialty.

Grading basis: No courses taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory may be applied toward the program.
Statute of limitations: Four years.