Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing
Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing
If you’re working as a nurse clinician, this graduate diploma will enhance your skills in your specialist area of health care. Better still, you can continue working in that area while you study. The course has three core units: evidence-based practice and research, nursing cultural studies and evaluating practice in…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
If you’re working as a nurse clinician, this graduate diploma will enhance your skills in your specialist area of health care. Better still, you can continue working in that area while you study.
The course has three core units: evidence-based practice and research, nursing cultural studies and evaluating practice in healthcare.
Specialisations include:
– Children and Young People’s Nursing
– Clinical Education
– Contemporary Care of the Older Person
– Primary Health Care
Completion of this Graduate Diploma provides you credit towards our related Masters degree.
Specialisations you can study in this course
Children and Young People’s Nursing
Clinical Education
Contemporary Care of the Older Person
Primary Health Care
Course learning outcomes
Communicate specialised knowledge, concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in the chosen field of nursing practice.
Apply independent judgement when reviewing, analysing and evaluating complex nursing problems to generate creative solutions.
Demonstrate professional clinical management skills by initiating, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care within a chosen field of practice.
Career Opportunities
Depending on your chosen specialisation, your opportunities are many and varied. For example, if you study Children and Young People’s Nursing, you could expect employment in neonatal and paediatric hospital wards, and even in schools or government departments. Likewise, if you study Contemporary Care of the Older Person this will open opportunities in aged care facilities, and clinical areas that work with older people.
Possible future job titles
Clinical Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Staff Development Nurse
REQUIREMENTS
Academic admission requirements (Band 8) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline; or
Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience.
English competency requirements:
IELTS Academic: An overall band minimum score of 6.5, with no individual band less than 6.0.) (Results are typically valid for 2 years and online tests are not acceptable.)
TOEFL iBT: TOEFL iBT: 84 (with no score below 17)
TOEFL Paper-Based Test (PBT): Minimum score of 573, including Test of Written English of 5.0 or better. (Results are typically valid for only 2 years)
Pearson Test of English (PTE): PTE Academic 58, with no score less than 50 for postgraduate standard entry courses. (Results are typically valid for only 2 years)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a large, multi-campus institution serving communities in Western Australia and internationally.ECU was awarded university status in 1991, but despite its relative youth, the University has a proud history of more than a century of service to education in Western Australia and is recognised for its teaching and learning, excellence in research, and partnerships with the community.We have more than 23,300 students, including around 18,500 undergraduates and 4,800 postgraduates. Approximately 3,600 international students attend the University, originating from 104 countries.We are a progressive University with courses developed through ongoing industry input, and employing lecturers who engage fully with their students. We’re a university that knows while knowledge is important, understanding comes from experience –experience that enables you to adapt what you’ve learned to whatever opportunities come your way. Because that’s when you do more than just survive in this world. You thrive in it.
