NURS 6000 - Advanced Psychiatric Care for Pediatric and Geriatric Clients

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Graduate of Adult PMH NP program.
Description
This is a special course for graduates of the Adult PMH NP program at GSU. This is a time limited course and part of a two course curriculum to provide lifespan content to graduates to prepare them for ANCC’s Family PMH NP certification exam. The course will be offered two summers only - 2012 and 2013 - and is limited to this select group of graduates. The course consists of six hours of lecture and asynchronous web-enhanced learning. Clinical placements to enhance learning will consist of a minimum of sixty clinical hours with pediatric patients and a minimum of sixty clinical hours with geriatric clients. The total clinical hours of 180 allows students to specialize in pediatric or geriatric clinical areas. The total clinical hours of 180 allows students to specialize in pediatric or geriatric clinical areas. L