The PMHNP Web Portal
UW School of Nursing

Students enrolled in the Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program (PMHNP) earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree (DNP). In the program you are prepared to be a leader and skilled clinician, gaining the skills and credentials to seek licensure as an ARNP.

Benefits of the UW PMHNP Program:

• Diversity
  • The UW School of Nursing honors diversity and offers multi-disciplinary and multi-ethnic experiences.
  • Students in the program include both beginning and mid-career nurses, some with prior psychiatric care experience and some with other specialties.
• Flexibility
• Part time options and web-enhanced learning allow students to maintain their busy lives while attending the program.
• Clinical practica are ARRANGED FOR YOU, with clinical experts close to your home.
• Preparation for family certification, enabling you to work with people of any age, including specialty courses in pediatrics and geriatrics.
• Excellence
  • The UW School of Nursing is consistently rated as one of the top nursing schools in the nation, with specific accolades for the PMHNP program.
• Our PMHNP graduates serve as clinical experts and leaders throughout the state, nation and internationally.

"Getting the DNP brought my nursing career to the next level! As a Nurse Practitioner I can diagnose and treat people and the DNP prepared me to diagnose and treat our healthcare system."  

                                                                 -Kathryn Howland, PMHNP, DNP

 

For more information visit:

Psychosocial & Community Health, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195-7263

For questions about this site, contact:
Rebecca Wood @ pmhnp@u.washington.edu or phone (206.543.8572).