Taught by Psychiatric Nurse Educator Alison Miller,
PMHRN's Exam Prep Master Course is a comprehensive online review,
divided into four manageable sections,
helping you to be fully prepared and confident on exam day.
The Master Course offers 73 targeted lessons, each lasting between 2-18 minutes,
with several downloadable handouts.
PLUS 40 Practice Questions with rationale and discussion on each question.
Course Curriculum
Section 1: Psychiatric Nursing Foundations
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- Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing Foundations (1:11)
- Scope of Practice and the Nurse Practice Act (2:37)
- Professional Performance Standards (1:56)
- Code of Ethics, Principles of Ethical Care, and Just Culture (3:39)
- Privacy, HIPAA, and Duty to Warn (3:03)
- Special Considerations for Child and Elder Abuse and Rape Victims (2:04)
- Voluntary vs Involuntary and Other Legal Terms (1:48)
- Trauma Informed Care (1:40)
- Culturally Sensitive Nursing Care (3:07)
- Introduction to Theorists (1:14)
- Erikson's Developmental Stages (7:27)
- Jean Piaget and John Bowlby (3:33)
- Harry Stack Sullivan and Hildegard Peplau (2:35)
- Freud's Contributions: Defense Mechanisms, Transference and Countertransference (4:37)
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (4:35)
- Brain Anatomy and the Limbic System (3:16)
- Neurotransmitters 101 (3:04)
- Introduction to the Therapeutic Relationship (2:14)
- Therapeutic Relationship: Barriers and Enhancers (3:48)
- Therapeutic Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal (5:28)
- "Untherapeutic" Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal (11:54)
- Psychiatric Assessment Tools (5:18)
- Psychiatric Terms and Definitions--Downloadable Handout
- Suicide Risk Assessment (3:21)
- Practice Questions (11:26)
Section 2: Psychiatric Diagnoses, Personality Disorders and the DSM 5
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- Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnoses, Personality Disorders, and the DSM 5 (2:06)
- Trauma- and Stress-Related Disorders (4:21)
- Psychotic Disorders (6:27)
- Bipolar Disorders (7:44)
- Depressive Disorders (8:51)
- Eating Disorders (5:20)
- Substance Use Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders (9:15)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (7:12)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders (9:30)
- Neurocognitive Disorders (4:35)
- Introduction to Personality Disorders (3:23)
- Personality Disorders: Cluster A (3:34)
- Personality Disorders: Cluster B (6:03)
- Personality Disorders: Cluster C (5:04)
- Practice Questions (14:49)
Section 3: Medications, Interventions and Therapies
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- Introduction to Medications, Interventions and Therapies (1:57)
- Medication Reconciliation (4:52)
- First Generation Antipsychotics (Typical) (5:29)
- Adverse Reactions to FGAs with Nursing Interventions (10:14)
- Second Generation Antipsychotics (Atypical) and Metabolic Syndrome with Nursing Interventions (9:01)
- Mood Stabilizers (11:14)
- Antidepressants (10:49)
- Anxiolytics (2:12)
- Key Lab Values to Know (4:51)
- Milieu Therapy (2:21)
- Group Therapy and Irvin Yalom's "11 Curative Factors" (3:40)
- Therapeutic Nursing Groups (7:32)
- CBT, DBT, EMDR and MI (10:06)
- TMS, DBS and VNS (3:55)
- Overview of Nursing Interventions in Support of Psychiatric Patients (3:49)
- Nursing Interventions for Psychotic Disorders and Bipolar Disorders (7:49)
- Nursing Interventions for Depressive Disorders and Suicidality (2:56)
- Nursing Interventions for Alcohol Withdrawal and Opioid Withdrawal (5:36)
- Nursing Interventions for Anxiety Disorders, Trauma-Related Disorders and O-C Disorders (6:22)
- Nursing Interventions for Neurocognitive Disorders and Delirium (3:56)
- Nursing Interventions for Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders (3:44)
- Psychiatric Emergencies, Seclusion and Restraint (5:14)
- Practice Questions (20:06)
Section 4: Critical Topics in Psychiatric Nursing
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- Introduction to Critical Topics in Psychiatric Nursing (1:46)
- Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (11:31)
- Psychiatric Nursing Case Management 101 (6:30)
- Psychiatric Outpatient Care
- Five Stages of (Behavioral) Change (6:46)
- Three Levels of Prevention (3:18)
- Tobacco Cessation (5:25)
- Three Types of Crisis (5:06)
- Nursing Organizations to Know (5:53)
- Healthy People Report 2020/2030 and the IOM Report (4:58)
- Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) (2:28)
- The Keys to Best-Practice Documentation (9:13)
- Practice Questions (13:48)
Alison L. Miller, MSN, PMHRN-BC, FAIS
Hi, everyone! I'm the owner of PMHRN and your instructor for this PMHN Exam Prep Master Course. I've been a psychiatric nurse educator for more than 30 years--a job I still love--and am delighted to be able to work together with you in achieving your goal of becoming a Board Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse.
With Board Certification becoming increasingly recognized and valued, I've turned all my attention to helping as many psychiatric nurses as I can reach that important goal. I've helped hundreds of nurses pass the exam on their first try and want to give you that same help and support.
When I'm not at my computer writing curriculum, I'm...attending a Rays game...visiting family and friends...traveling to beautiful places...reading a Craig Johnson mystery...or hiking whatever trails I can find.