An Innovative Approach to a Multitrack Advance Practice Registered Nurse Program: The Integration of Psychiatric Mental Health and Primary Care Cohorts.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Durham, Catherine O.; Lauerer, Joy; Smith, Whitney
- Source
- Nursing Education Perspectives (Wolters Kluwer Health). Mar/Apr2023, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p130-131. 2p.
- Subject
- *EDUCATION of psychotherapists
*EDUCATION of nurse practitioners
*NURSING education
*ONLINE education
*PRIMARY nursing
*GRADUATE nursing education
*NURSING
*PROFESSIONAL-student relations
*EVALUATION of human services programs
*HUMAN services programs
*BEHAVIOR disorders
*U.S. states
*INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
*INTERDISCIPLINARY education
*STUDENT attitudes
*DIFFUSION of innovations
*ADVANCED practice registered nurses
*PROFESSIONAL licensure examinations
*PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1536-5026
We describe how an online graduate nurse practitioner program combined psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and primary care advanced practice registered nurse (AGNP/FNP/PNP) tracks into an integrated curriculum. Student evaluations and assessments, along with board certification scores, demonstrated improvement in identifying and managing behavioral health problems, as well as increased competence and collaboration with other nurse practitioner students. Details of the integrated curriculum are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]