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The Texas State University System Board of Regents has authorized Texas State University to offer a new Post‐Master's Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program via distance education, Corridor News reported May 26. The board approved the new program during its quarterly meeting May 21. The certificate program is expected to start in spring 2021. The new certificate program will allow nurses to advance their career opportunities and help fill the gap for professionals working in the psychiatric, mental and behavioral health care settings. The program will be based on the Round Rock Campus and will consist of online classes and clinical practicums to accommodate the needs of working professionals. “There are over 4,000 areas in the U.S. designated as shortage areas for mental health providers, with Texas being 50/51, second only to Alabama, with a rate of one provider to 990 people with psychiatric and mental health disorders,” said Marla Erbin‐Roesemann, director of the St. David's School of Nursing. “Now more than ever we have a significant need for psychiatric and mental health providers.”
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