International student program
The Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing is an 18-unit program offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The program is only available to nurses registered in countries other than Australia.
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification and must be registered nurses in a country other than Australia.
In addition applicants must provide a supporting statement nominating their area of clinical preference for university sourced observational professional experience placement.
However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The course will not lead to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
The Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing aims to:
On completion of this course students will be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing a student must complete 18 units as specified below with a grade of Pass or NGP or better in each topic.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion or in 9 units or more, or failure to complete the course within four consecutive semesters may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
4.5 units comprising:
NURS8740 Foundations for Responding to Clinical Deterioration Across the Lifespan (4.5 units)
Plus 13.5 units selected from:
NURS8746 Managing High Acuity Surgical Care (4.5 units)
NURS8747 Managing High Acuity Medical Care (4.5 units)
NURS8748 Acute Care Observational PEP (4.5 units)
NURS8828 Contemporary Issues in Paediatric Nursing (4.5 units)
NURS8742 Critical Care Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
NURS8760 Acute Mental Health Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
NURS8751 Principles of Emergency Nursing (4.5 units
Not all topics will be available in any given year or semester.
* Other option topics may be selected with the permission of the Course Coordinator, excluding PEP topics.
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