Taught by Psychiatric Nurse Educator
Alison Miller, MSN, PMHRN-BC
PMHRN's Exam Prep Master Course
is a comprehensive online review,
divided into four manageable sections,
helping you to feel
calm, prepared, and confident on exam day.
The Master Course offers 73 exam-specific lessons,
each lasting between 2-18 minutes.
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 close to 30 years 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.