Master of Nursing
Master of Nursing
Highlights Complete in 1.5 years full time. Prepare for senior leadership and advanced practice nursing roles. Align your study with your career goals by selecting a coursework or dissertation streams. Choose to specialise in acute care nursing, health professional education or primary health care. Why choose this course? QUT’s School…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
Complete in 1.5 years full time.
Prepare for senior leadership and advanced practice nursing roles.
Align your study with your career goals by selecting a coursework or dissertation streams.
Choose to specialise in acute care nursing, health professional education or primary health care.
Why choose this course?
QUT’s School of Nursing has an established reputation as a provider of postgraduate nursing programs that recognise and respond to priorities in health care and prepare professionals for specialist and leadership positions.
In consultation with industry partners, the new Master of Nursing is designed to meet the needs of healthcare organisations for graduates who demonstrate nursing leadership and advanced practice skills. Graduates will have the ability to demonstrate leadership, autonomy, expert judgement, and adaptability to improve healthcare outcomes and service delivery models.
You will opt to major in one study area and will select a coursework or dissertation stream. You may also choose to complete a flexible program with no major and select electives from a wide list that includes the science of pharmacology, health statistics, dementia, and quality management in health.
This course offers a variety of career pathways for nurses working in diverse settings and provides opportunities for in-depth study for advanced competence in selected areas of nursing practice.
You will have the option to study either the Coursework Stream or the Dissertation Stream:
The Coursework Stream is recommended for nurses wishing to pursue a career as Nurse Unit Managers, Clinical Nurse Consultants, Directors of Nursing or Clinical Nurse Educators. Additional electives are available to students undertaking the Coursework Stream.
The Dissertation Stream is recommended for nurses wishing to pursue a career as Nurse Researchers, Nurse Academics or progress onto a PhD.
Our flexible course design means you can shape your course to suit your interests and career aspirations. Choose your major area of study from the list below or customise your degree with no major and a mixed of units.
Careers and outcomes
The Master of Nursing prepares you for leadership roles in specialist areas of health care. Graduates will demonstrate leadership of teams, autonomy, expert judgement, and the agility to improve healthcare outcomes and service delivery models.
Upon completion, you will
be a leader who facilitates nursing and interprofessional team collaborations to deliver person-centred health care outcomes.
apply specialist knowledge and skills to initiate and improve sustainable, digitally enhanced health service delivery.
communicate effectively in a range of contexts and mediums using your influence to advocate for change that is ethical, evidence-based, and culturally appropriate.
critically reflect on your own practice, integrating a range of perspectives and approaches to health care that embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse perspectives.
Possible careers
Advanced practice nurse
Clinical nurse consultant
Clinical nurse manager
Executive director of nursing
Health educator
Health researcher
Nurse unit manager
Nursing director
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
