The Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Mental Health) is an 18-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 Australia and must have a minimum of one-year post-registration experience.
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, all students must complete professional experience placements to meet the requirements of this course.
The Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Mental Health) aims to:
On completion of this course students will be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Mental Health) 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):
13.5 units comprising:
NURS8760 Acute Mental Health Nursing Theory (4.5 units)
NURS8720 Primary Health Care Constructs and Contexts (4.5 units)
NURS8761 Acute Mental Health Nursing Practice (PEP) (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units selected from:
NURS8720 Primary Health Care Constructs and Contexts (4.5 units)
NURS8740 Foundations for Responding to Clinical Deterioration Across the Lifespan (4.5 units)
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)
NURS8751 Dimensions of Emergency Nursing (4.5 units)
NURS8824 Introduction to working with Infants, Children and Families (4.5 units)
NURS8828 Contemporary Issues in Paediatric Nursing (4.5 units)
NURS9708 Social Context of Health and Ageing (4.5 units)
NURS9710 The 3 Ds: Dementia, Delirium and Depression (4.5 units)
PALL8436 Palliative Care in Aged Care Settings (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.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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