Program Overview

When you study geriatric neuropsychiatry at Saint Mary’s College, you’ll learn how to become a nurse practitioner who helps aging patients live independent lives, as well as how to decrease misdiagnoses, pharmaceutical mismanagement and reliance on antipsychotic medications.

Finishing Will Take

• One Year
• 15 credit hours

You Can Begin Your Degree In

Fall 2024 or January 2025

Course structure

• Online
• One visit to campus
• Courses
  • NURS 619 Social Determinants of Health
  • NURS 745 Policy, Regulatory Compliance in the Care of Older Adults
  • NURS 735 Geriatric Neuropsychiatric Pathophysiology & Differential Diagnosis
  • NURS 740 Palliative Care for Individuals & Families
  • NURS 737 Geriatric Neuropsychiatric Pharmacology