M.S. in Nursing, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Track
Fairfield University's Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Track prepares advanced practice nurses to provide care to adults in inpatient, community-based, and private practice settings. You'll learn to assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate outcomes for individuals suffering from a variety of mental illnesses including mood, substance abuse, anxiety, eating, and thought disorders. Psychotherapy and medication management are important components of the curriculum.
Clients range in age from adolescents to older adults and are from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Clinical practice sites span the state and provide experiences in hospitals, clinics, private practices, correctional facilities, and schools.
Alumni of our program work in:
- Private practice
- Home care
- Inpatient medical settings
- Inpatient psychiatric settings
- Juvenile and criminal justice settings
- Partial hospitals
- Emergency rooms
- Community mental health centers
- Residential and skilled nursing care facilities
- Managed care
- Specialty practices
They provide mental health care for all adult populations, including:
- Geriatric
- Oncology
- Trauma
- Palliative care
- Forensics
- Integrated women's health and primary care
- Veterans
- Chemically dependent
- Medically ill
Graduates of this program are eligible to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center certification exam to become licensed in any state as a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
We invite you to learn more about the program and its admission requirements, courses, and faculty. Have more questions? Read our FAQs or contact us. We hope you'll find the program challenges you intellectually and enriches your life.
Related Information
Graduate Admission | Info Sessions | Viewbook | Program Sheet (PDF)
