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Comprehensive Review for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

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Meet the CE Eligibility Requirements for the specialty certification exam.

100% online | Self-paced | Begin anytime!
 

This comprehensive course prepares registered nurses for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (PMH-BCTM) certification exam given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Learn about assessment & diagnosis, care planning, implementation, and evaluation through interactive modules with video content, enrichment resources, critical thinking exercises and knowledge checks.

This course is ideal for:

  • Psychiatric nurses who want to get certified in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
  • Nurses who want to gain the knowledge base to transition into psychiatric practice.

Completion of the course provides 30.0 contact hours for nurses. Complete at your own pace with 12 months.
 

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This course is ideal for:

  •     Psychiatric RNs who want to get certified in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
  •     RNs who want to gain the knowledge base to transition into psychiatric practice.

General

 $450
Group (15% off)
For groups of 3 or more individuals from the same organization:
Submit Group Rate Form to receive discount code to use at checkout.
 $383
Clinical Placement Sites (20% off)
Current employees at institutions that take IHP students in a clinical teaching capacity
 $360
Mass General Brigham (25% off)
Current full-time employees at any MGB entity
 $338
IHP (40% off)
Current faculty, adjuncts, term lecturers, students, or alumni of MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP)
 $270
Additional discounts available. See registration page.

100% online. This course is a self-paced, asynchronous online course delivered via Brightspace, the IHP learning management system. 

Learning outcomes

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Consider

clients’ developmental stage; physiological causes of psychiatric symptoms; and coping and defense mechanisms during psychiatric-mental health nursing assessment and diagnosis.

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Utilize

appropriate assessment tools and techniques in clients’ psychiatric-mental health nursing assessment.

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Apply

various strategies in psychiatric-mental health nurse care planning, including client-centered care, education, cultural competence, and communication management.

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Demonstrate

knowledge and competence in the various components of psychiatric-mental health nursing care implementation.

Evaluate

psychiatric-mental health nursing practice effectiveness.

Continuing Education Credits

jointly accredited provider interprofessional continuing education
 In support of improving patient care, MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

 

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 30.0 contact hours for nurses.

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
 

 

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