Grow your career in psychiatric mental health
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that demand for mental health professionals will increase up to 25% by 2029. Our UNH Online Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) graduate certificate program is designed for primary care nurse practitioners to specialize in high quality psychiatric care. The PMHNP certificate will increase your earning potential, open new opportunities and give you the tools to make a significant impact in both the mental health of your patients and the growth of psychiatric healthcare.
Key Program Highlights:
- Consists of 11 Courses, 29 credit hours
- Complete your graduate certificate in 17 Months
- Didactic courses are delivered 100% online during eight-week terms
- Minimum 750 clinical hours and three campus visits
Program Details
Apply by May 1 for fall admission
Location: Online, with three campus visits
Can be completed in 17 months
Program consists of 11 courses (29 credits)
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Of Alumni Employed Or Furthering Education within 6 Months Of Graduation
UNH Department of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
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Student Spotlight
Openness is a way of life for Isaac Ndungu, 2020 graduate of the UNH Online post master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program. Originally from Kenya, he emigrated to the United States in 1983 to study industrial engineering and later attended the University of Massachusetts for computer science and civil engineering. After twenty years in the computer industry, a life-changing event triggered a career pivot.
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Meet Your Faculty
Sara Robinson is a Wildcat. She attended UNH as an undergraduate and worked with UNH Health Services, her grandmother served on the UNH Nursing Department faculty, and she met her future husband on campus. Feeling right at home as the new Program Director of the Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate UNH Online program, she is excited to realize her dream as an educator.
