Certification Name : Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Certification ID & Type: 10095 – C – Specialty
Certification Description
Eligibility Criteria:
Hold a current, active RN license in a state or territory of the United States or hold the professional, legally recognized equivalent in another country.
Hold a master’s, postgraduate, or doctoral degree from a family psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) (formerly NLNAC | National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission). A minimum of 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours must be included in your nurse practitioner program.
Three separate, comprehensive graduate-level courses in:
-Advanced physiology/pathophysiology, including general principles that apply across the life span
-Advanced health assessment, which includes assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts, and approaches
-Advanced pharmacology, which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents |
Content in:
-Health promotion and/or maintenance
-Differential diagnosis and disease management, including the use and prescription of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions
AND clinical training in at least two psychotherapeutic treatment modalities.
Certifying Organization
ANA Enterprise(ANA)(0001)
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492
Contact information : 800-284-2378 Or 301-628-5000 Fax : 301-628-5004 Email : certification@ana.org
Organization Web Link
Certification Details
More than two years of education or training after high school required? Yes
More than two years of work experience required? No
Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)? Yes
Renew through Re-Examination? Yes
Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)? Yes
Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? Yes