Nurse Practitioner - LCHC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

**DEFINITION:**

The Family Nurse Practitioner has special knowledge and skills in health maintenance, disease prevention, psychosocial physical assessment and management of health-illness needs in the primary care of the family.

**EDUCATION:**

Must be a graduate of an accredited program of nursing. Must have successfully completed additional theoretical and clinical education through an accredited graduate level family nurse practitioner program.

**REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS (IF APPLICABLE):**

Must maintain current Oklahoma licensure as a registered nurse (RN) and as an advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP). Must maintain current certification as a family nurse practitioner through American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

Experience as a family nurse practitioner is preferred but not limited required.