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Family Psychiatric Mental Health
Nurse Practitioner
(PMHNP)
Certification Review/Clinical Update Course
Home Study Package
Barkley & Associates is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner
continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners:
AANP
Provider Number 081018. This program has been approved for 11.25
contact
hours of continuing education (which includes 5 hours of pharmacology).
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Why choose anyone else?
Choose Barkley & Associates,
“Simply The Best!” |
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The FIRST company to offer national certification review/clinical
update courses for PMHNPs!
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Comprehensive course manual with nationally recognized, certified
expert contributors in the field!
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> 99% PASS rate from ALL previous attendees!
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Course Overview: |
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 Test-taking and Study Strategies for
Success
Psychiatric
Disorders |
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♦ Thought
♦ Mood
♦ Anxiety
♦ Personality
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♦ Substance use
♦ Childhood
♦ Others
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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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♦ Epidemiology
♦ Risk analyses
♦ Diverse population considerations
♦ National health guidelines
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♦ Growth and development
♦ Screening instruments
♦ Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
♦ Patient and family teaching
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Assessment of Acute and Chronic Illness
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♦ Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
♦ Psychopathology
♦ Extensive psychiatric evaluations
♦ Comprehensive vs. problem focused assessments
♦ Functional assessments
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♦ Screening and diagnostic testing
♦ Advanced diagnostic reasoning
♦ Differential diagnoses
♦ Formulating the plan of care
♦ Prioritization
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The Nurse Practitioner and Patient Relationship
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♦ Therapeutic relationships
♦ Therapeutic communication
♦ Establishing rapport
♦ Family dynamics
♦ Social support
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♦ Cultural sensitivity and competency
♦ Ethical principles
♦ Legal principles
♦ Informed consent
♦ National mandates
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Clinical Management
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♦ Pharmacotherapeutics
♦ Non-pharmacologic interventions and complimentary therapies
♦ Documentation
♦ Psychotherapy
♦ Pscychoeducation
♦ Establishing the plan of care
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♦ Clinical guidelines
♦ Evidence-based practice
♦ Continuous quality improvement
♦ Crisis intervention
♦ Evaluation of treatment
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Professional Role and Policy
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♦ Regulatory processes
♦ Federal guidelines
♦ Access to care
♦ Billing and coding
♦ Reimbursement
♦ Scope of practice
♦ Standards of practice
♦ Continuous quality improvement
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♦ Ethical principles
♦ Informed consent
♦ Advanced directives
♦ Power of attorney
♦ Advocating and negotiating for the patient
♦ Research methods
♦ Evaluating evidence
♦ Research utilization
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