*Available to International students only
The Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Acute Care) is a 36-unit program offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification and must be registered nurses in their country of residence.
However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
In addition applicants must provide a supporting statement nominating their area of clinical preference in acute care nursing for university sourced observational professional experience placement.
Areas of clinical preference include:
The course will not lead to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
The Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Acute Care) aims to:
In addition to the learning outcomes of the Graduate Diploma in Nursing, on completion of this pathway students will be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Acute Care) a student must complete 36 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):
Not all topics will be available in any given year or semester.
4.5 units comprising:
NURS8740 Foundations for Responding to Clinical Deterioration Across the Lifespan (4.5 units)
18 units comprising:
NURS9123 Epidemiology and Population Studies for Health Care Practice (4.5 units)
NURS9124 Advanced Thinking, Communicating and Problem Solving for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
NURS9126 Leadership in Health Studies (4.5 units)
NURS9219 Introduction to Research (4.5 units)
13.5 units selected from non-PEP acute care nursing topics:
NURS8742 Critical Care Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
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)
NURS8760 Acute Mental Health Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
NURS8751 Principles of Emergency Nursing (4.5 units
Students may, in consultation with the Course Coordinator, select other postgraduate topics offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences as their option topics.
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