How many clinical hours are required to be ANCC certified as a PMHNP?
ANCC requires 500 supervised clinical hours within an MSN-PMHNP program to be eligible to take the PMHNP exam. Our PMHNP program requires 620 clinical hours and prepares graduates to perform holistic assessments, diagnose and treat common psychiatric disorders based on DSM-IV and NANDA, provide individual, group family therapy and to prescribe psychotropic medications.