Overview

The Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track course from North Central College core principles of the program equip students with the skills and foundation necessary for lifelong learning, personal responsibility, and sustained achievement in the nursing profession. The program offers a personalized approach to the online student experience.

Program Goals:

Prepare graduates to engage in clinical reasoning that provides safe, lawful evidence-based, patient-centered care to diverse populations across the lifespan that reflects ethical clinical judgment and inter-professional collaboration.
Guide graduates to integrate scientific findings from nursing, bio-psycho-social fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences into the delivery of advanced nursing care for diverse populations to promote health and prevent disease and injury for families, communities, and global health.
Prepare graduates to utilize patient-care technologies to deliver and enhance care and use communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Professional Role Development into Advanced Nursing Practice
Applied Research and Biostatistics in Evidence-Based Practice
Population Health and Healthcare Delivery in a Global Society
Healthcare Quality Outcomes, Safety and Informatics
Neurophysiology & Psychopharmacological Approaches Across the Lifespan (3CR).

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-21 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-06 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

47 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Naperville, United States

Disciplines

Nursing Clinical Psychology View 145 other Masters in Clinical Psychology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must have:

An earned BSN of CCNE or ACEN baccalaureate accredited program
A current, unencumbered RN license
- While North Central accepts students from multiple states/territories, applicants outside of Illinois should check with their state regulatory body
A cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale for the last 60 hours of their BSN program
Completed undergraduate statistics (3 credit hours) with a “C” or higher

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

2100 USD / year

≈ 2100 USD / year
Out-of-State

2100 USD / year

≈ 2100 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

2100 USD / year

≈ 2100 USD / year

Funding

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