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To become a PMNHP, one must complete a bachelor’s degree in nursing and pass the national licensure examination to become a registered nurse.

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Nurses typically work for several years before returning to school and earning their master's degree or doctorate in psychiatric nursing. 

PMHNPs are highly skilled to offer psychiatric care and treatment. They see their patients regularly just as a psychiatrist would. In Maryland, PMHNPs have prescribing privilege. In Maryland, PMHNPs practice to their full capacity without a collaborating physician.

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PMHNPs' services include:

• Providing patient and family education

• Providing preventative care

• Psychotherapy

• Counseling and treatment

• Prescribing medication

• Ordering and interpreting labs, x-rays, and EKGs when necessary

• Coordinating care
   

PMHNPs have been trained to treat mental health patients with a variety of psychiatric, emotional, and behavioral health conditions.

 

Wondering what the alphabet soup means?
 

• RN- Registered Nurse  

• MS- Masters degree of Science in Nursing

• PMHNP- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

• BC- Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)