{"id":2771,"date":"2018-01-16T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:47:00","slug":"new-psychiatric-mental-health-nurse-practitioner-post-graduate-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/16\/new-psychiatric-mental-health-nurse-practitioner-post-graduate-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post Graduate Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2771_a2aa3b-f0 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2771_ca1c32-f3\">The College of Health Professions is on the leading edge in educating behavioral health providers, introducing a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Post Graduate Certificate that will prepare nurse practitioners to offer comprehensive mental health services to patients in primary care settings.<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image2771_4686f8-7d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2771_4686f8-7d\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/F45E596C-9CF5-2C6A-2F14EAAF331AB45C_medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-14566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/F45E596C-9CF5-2C6A-2F14EAAF331AB45C_medium.jpg 180w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/F45E596C-9CF5-2C6A-2F14EAAF331AB45C_medium-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><figcaption><em>Dr. Melody Randle<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The program was designed partially in response to helping patients impacted by the opioid drug epidemic, says Dr. Melody D. Randle, chair of the MSN Nurse Practitioner program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe monitor the pulse of our community to develop programs that meet a growing demand,\u201d she says, noting the college also gathers insights from a mental health advisory board. \u201cWe see more mental health facilities being built in the area, as well as increased demand for certified mental health nurse practitioners in the prison sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PMHNP track is the first all-online nurse practitioner program in the college. To be eligible, nurses must have a master\u2019s degree and be nationally certified licensed family nurse practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 18 students have been accepted into the program, which begins in the spring of 2018. Demand outstripped capacity for the inaugural class, Dr. Randle says, \u201cand we had to turn some applicants down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WilmU will leverage its partnerships with mental health facilities in the communities so students can complete the 500 clinical hours required for the certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited about the program and expanding our ability to support the mental health community,\u201d Dr. Randle says. \u201cWe\u2019re meeting an important need that will make a positive impact for patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Health Professions is on the leading edge in educating behavioral health providers, introducing a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Post Graduate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-nursing-and-health-sciences"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":8,"label":"College of Nursing and Health Sciences"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/F45E596C-9CF5-2C6A-2F14EAAF331AB45C_medium.jpg",180,180,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":8,"name":"College of Nursing and Health Sciences","slug":"college-of-nursing-and-health-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":565,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":110,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14569,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/14569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}