Responsible faculty or institute:
Health Science (principal)
Campus(es) Offered:
Hobart:
Launceston:
Cradle Coast:
Sydney:
Course Duration: Minimum
1 yrs, Maximum
2 yrs.
Course Contact (faculty or school):
Melanie Greenwood (03) 6226 4732
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Introduction
This course is offered part-time only, over one year, or two semesters. The maximum time for completion is two years. The course is offered from Launceston, Hobart, Cradle Coast and interstate.
Please note that graduate programs are offered subject to student demand and the availability of School of Nursing resources.
Admission & Prerequisites
An applicant must: [i] be a registered nurse in Australia and hold a current practising certificate, or [ii] if an overseas applicant, have had his/her nursing qualifications assessed by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council or the Nursing Board of Tasmania and be eligible for registration in Australia, and normally have had at least six months of full-time experience in relevant nursing practice within the last two years (or equivalent); [iii] hold an undergraduate degree in nursing with a grade point average of at least a credit (or equivalent); or [iv] have qualifications or experience deemed to be the equivalent of one of the above.
Course Objectives
The School of Nursing and Midwifery,in collaboration with cooperating Health Care Agencies, aims to create an educational environment which values critical, reflective thinking, life-long learning, acquisition of generic attributes and professional development.
While the Graduate Certificate specialties are diverse with course specific objectives, the generic program objectives are to:
* enable students to work as registered nurses in specialised practice settings;
* allow students to develop nursing knowledge and skills in their specialty;
* enhance students' advanced critical thinking and clinical decision making in their specialty nursing discipline;
* encourage student interest and engagement in the professional growth of their discipline, and;
* develop students' ability to communicate effectively with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Career Outcomes
Graduates may find employment in specialty areas including: acute care nursing, aged care nursing, anaesthetics and recovery nursing, cardiovascular nursing, clinical nursing and teaching, community health nursing, critical care nursing, emergency nursing, immigration nursing, mental health/psychiatric nursing, neonatal intensive care nursing, neurological nursing, oncology nursing, paediatric nursing, paediatric intensive care nursing, perioperative nursing, rehabilitation nursing, renal nursing and special care of the newborn nursing. Graduates are able to further their career development by progressing to a Graduate Diploma or Masters program.
Articulation to/from Course
The Graduate Certificate in Nursing articulates to the Graduate Diploma of Nursing and the Master of Clinical Nursing
