Northeastern University Awarded Federal Grant to Train Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses for Underserved Populations
$625,000 Grant to Fund Three-Year Project to Advance Existing Graduate Program and to Help Eliminate Nursing Shortage
Northeastern University has announced that Dr. Carol Glod, APRN, PhD, FAAN, research director and professor of nursing, has received a federal traineeship grant in the amount of $625,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the university's graduate child psychiatric nursing program. Learn more about the grant »
Welcome Ann Polcari PhD, RN, CS
Program coordinator for Graduate Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Tuesday, January 12,2010
6:00-7:30PM
Curry Student Center
Contact capnursing@neu.edu for more information.
Online Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology
The graduate program in child and adolescent psychiatric mental health nursing at Northeastern University is designed to prepare nurses to provide a broad range of mental health services to children, adolescents and families in community mental health centers, residential programs, schools, and outpatient practice settings. Part-time and full-time study options are available.
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Flexible professional pathways towards child and adolescent mental health Advance practice nursing:
Students may sit for the following certification exams:
* See Course requirements
Clinical practica are available across a variety of sectors of the health care system in the Boston area, including private, public, and community based settings. Faculty advisors choose from available clinical sites that are appropriate to the learning needs and goals of each student. Opportunities include community mental health centers, outpatient clinics, residential and public schools. Just a few examples of the excellent site locations are; Women's Treatment Program at McLean Hospital, South Shore Mental Health, Boston University Health Center, South End Community Health Center and Youth Opportunities Upheld Inc. Students are placed by the University in an established clinical site for ten months (September to June), for a minimum of 16 hours each week for 2.5 semesters to develop their psychodiagnostic, assessment, and therapeutic skills with children, adolescents and families.
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