Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Graduate Certificate

Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner graduate certificate program highlights

Addressing the health care needs of rural, underserved and diverse populations in Alaska, UAA’s certificate for psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioners combines real-world clinical experience with distance learning courses for an intensive, interprofessional graduate program.

• Practice autonomously while earning clinical hours. You have the option to be placed in a preceptorship.
• Complete your practicum requirements while making a difference in your own community. Internships and clinical experiences are available throughout Alaska in rural and urban communities.
• Add a service learning component to your practicum. For example, graduate students have co-led support groups for traumatized children and provided outpatient psychiatric care for transgender youth, young adults and veterans.
• Learn from board-certified nurses, clinical practitioners and UAA alumni. Program faculty, instructors and preceptors are experienced nursing professionals with a variety of specialties, including telehealth, mental illness, rural mental health care, emergency psychiatric medicine, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and child abuse forensics.
• Connect with nurses throughout Alaska by joining a student or professional organization. The following are some opportunities for mental health and psychiatric nurse practitioners:
  • UAA Student Nurses Association
  • Alaska Nurses Association
  • Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association
  • Alaska Psychiatric Association
  • Recruiting and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing