Mental Health Improvement via Nursing Distance Education (MIND) Program The NMSU School of Nursing
The field of psychiatric nursing is challenging, fulfulling, and in great demand in New Mexico and West Texas. If an advanced nursing degree in psychiatric mental health (PMH) interests you, consider the benefits of New Mexico State University's Mental Health Improvement via Nursing Distance Education (MIND) option to obtain your graduate degree. Course work combines psychiatric mental health and addictions studies with core graduate nursing courses.
With the MIND option, students come to Las Cruces for 2-3 days each semester and complete other coursework via WebCT and with a practitioner in their local areas. All students admitted into the MIND Program are required to have access to a computer and an internet connection in order to complete their assignments online. Graduates are eligible to sit for the ANCC Adult PMH Nurse Practitioner or the Clinical Specialist in Adult PMH Nursing certification exams and obtain advanced nurse practitioner status with prescriptive authority in New Mexico and Texas.
Graduation & Certification
As a graduate of the program, you will receive the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree with a specialty in PMH Nursing. You will then be eligible to apply for certification through the American Nurse Credentialing Center and the International Nursing Society on Addictions.
New Mexico State University (NMSU) is one of the few universities in the Southwest to offer a PMH program of this quality and depth. Graduates are eligible for recognition by the New Mexico Board of Nursing as a clinical nurse specialist and/or a nurse practitioner with prescriptive authority.
Program of Study
The full time degree plan consists of 54 hours of graduate course work taken over two calendar years (four semesters plus one summer):
| Graduate Core Courses | 12 hrs. |
| Advanced Practice Core Courses | 10 hrs. |
| Major Courses | 32 hrs. |
| TOTAL | 54 hrs. |
Applying to the PMH Program
Please fill out the following online questionnaire if you are interested in being considered for the PMH (MIND) Program. Please provide all of the information that is being asked.
Applicants will need to be accepted by both the NMSU School of Graduate Studies and the School of Nursing prior to enrollment. Once admitted for graduate study, you will be considered for admission to the PMH specialty.
See also:
Important Dates
- MIND Application Packet (PDF) (click on the link to pop-up application in separate window; updated 9/17/2007).
- Deadline for applications is February 1st, 2008, for the 2008 Cohort. For further information please contact MIND Program Email (MIND Program Secretary).
- Letters of acceptance to the MIND Program will be mailed out April 15th, 2008.
MIND Program,
Box 30001, MSC 3185
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(505)646-4386
The MIND Project receives funding from DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Advanced Education Nursing Program. Project # 1 D09-HP0243-01-00.
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