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Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses

Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders. Apply therapeutic activities, including the prescription of medication, per state regulations, and the administration of psychotherapy.

$86,070
Median Pay
6-12 years
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Score 5/6: low AI task exposure, strong human advantage provides strong protection from AI displacement (estimated from legacy data)

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AI Exposure
Low+2

11% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Stable+1

0% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Strong+2

EPOCH score: 24/25

Total Score5/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
  • Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
  • Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
  • Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.
  • Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements.
  • Monitor patients' medication usage and results.
  • Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.
  • Distinguish between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders, and diagnose appropriately.
  • Develop and implement treatment plans.
  • Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

Master's degree

Time to Job Ready

6-12 years

Based on Job Zone 5. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

EHR systems (Epic, Cerner)Psychiatric assessment toolsE-prescribing softwareMicrosoft OfficeTelehealth platforms

Key Abilities

Problem SensitivityOral ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningWritten ExpressionInductive ReasoningSpeech RecognitionSpeech ClarityInformation Ordering

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Compensation Details

$63,720
10th Percentile
$86,070
Median
$132,680
90th Percentile

Based on 3,175,390 employed workers

Also Known As

Adult PMHNP (Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)Adult Psychiatric Mental Health APRN (Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)Advanced Practice Provider (APP)Advanced Practice Psychiatric NurseAPN (Advanced Practice Nurse)Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (BC PMH-CNS)Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Family Psychiatric Mental Health NP)Mental Health NursePMH-APRN (Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)PMHNP (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 29-1141.02