{"id":7207,"date":"2023-03-10T20:06:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/nursing\/?post_type=program&#038;p=7207"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:09:13","slug":"clinical-experience","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"\/nursing\/programs\/psychiatric-mental-health-nurse-practitioner\/clinical-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/nursing\/images\/080521-welcome-week-day-four-22-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"College of Graduate Nursing MSN-E incoming students try on and receive their white coats during WesternU Welcome\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        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wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <p>As a Post-Master&#8217;s PMHNP student, you will complete 675 precepted clinical hours in your identified practice setting. Working with Medical Doctors (MD), Osteopathic Physicians (DO), Physician Assistants (PA), and Nurse Practitioners (NP) who agree to precept and\/or mentor you. Your preceptor\/mentor will make sure you receive an outstanding learning experience at a practice site as close to home as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Your clinical experiences focus on meeting the mental health needs of the individual client, the family, or the group.\u202f Through your clinical experiences, you will encounter patients and clients across the lifespan including children, adolescents, and adults addressing acute, chronic, or complex mental health needs.\u202f You will gain experiences in addiction medicine, and you will learn multiple modalities of counseling.<\/p>\n<p>Your clinical settings may include inpatient settings, outpatient or ambulatory care settings, behavioral health or substance abuse treatment centers, or emergency care settings. Most students obtain precepted experiences at multiple sites to obtain the widest possible experience in practice patterns, skill sets, and specialties within your home state. Faculty will perform evaluations each semester to determine your progress with preceptor and mentor interactions, including patient\/client encounters, to ensure your student experience meets our rigorous standards.\u202fThis partnership between the academic and clinical practice environment not only prepares you for clinical practice, but for future employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"parent":7182,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7207","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/7207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/7207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12596,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/7207\/revisions\/12596"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/7182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}