Graduate Certificate of Health (Acute Care Nursing)

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to extend your nursing practice and specialise in acute care nursing. The course aims to provide career trajectories and enhance opportunities for aspiring registered nurses working in acute care nursing. A blended model of learning will support nurses to achieve deeper clinical knowledge, support their career and educational goals, and develop their practical skills via workshops to provide high quality acute nursing care. This new degree provides additional pathways that cater to different specialisations.

You will start the degree with units that provide advanced practice assessment skills, pathophysiology, and clinical leadership. In the second half of the degree, you will choose your specialisation of interest as either medical-surgical nursing, emergency nursing, or critical care nursing practice. You will be working in the clinical area that you are specialising at a minimum EFT of 0.5 so you can apply new knowledge and skills directly to your practice.

The course is open to students who are successful graduates of a Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent), are currently working in an acute care nursing setting, and have current AHPRA registration.

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