Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan)

  Psychiatric Mental Health (Across the Lifespan) Concentration

• The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric conditions for children, adolescents, and adults. Treatments include prescribing medications and providing appropriate therapeutic interventions including psychotherapy.
• Graduates are eligible to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner examination or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners examination for the Psychiatric-Mental Health NP (Across the Lifespan) national certification.
• The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) track is conducted as a hybrid program. Courses are delivered both through the traditional face-to-face classroom and through the online format. Face-to-face classroom time is scheduled on weekends beginning in the second year of the program.The PMHNP students meet on campus a maximun of eight weekends each semester.

How to Apply
Degree Plan Pre-Fall 2026

Degree Plan Fall 2026

Amy Mclaughlin-Field, PHD, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Coordinator/Advisor: Psychiatric Mental Health
915-747- 8263
amfield@utep.edu
Faculty Profile

Program Features:

• Flexibility for working professionals (Didactic courses in seven-week format)
• 49 credit hours online program over 7 semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer)
• Total PMHNP Program Specialty Clinical Hours = 840
• Innovative simulation lab experiences incorporated
• Two admission cycles per year (Fall and Spring)
  
• Curriculum aligned with the:
  • The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021)
  • Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education (2008)
    
  • National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) (2016)
    

  Program Information:

• There is a Nurse Practitioner major fee ( Tuition/Fees )
• During specialty courses, usually the last three semesters, PHMNP students:
  • Meet on campus a maximum of eight weekends each semester
  • Will participate in formative evaluations using innovative simulation lab experiences
• May be required to travel 200 miles or more to fulfill appropriate clinical requirements
• State Authorization

Master of Science in Nursing - Nurse Practitioner