This course provides qualified nurses with educational opportunities specific to the advancing role of the registered nurse, thereby facilitating your professional growth and development. You will build upon your previous knowledge and experience and increase your analytical abilities and skills.

The course duration is as 6 months full time OR 1 Year Part Time

Exit with Graduate Certificate in Nursing

The aims of the course are to :

• Provide qualified nurses with educational opportunities specific to the advancing role of the registered nurse, thereby facilitating their professional growth and development;
• Build upon undergraduate education and previous experience by providing expansion of knowledge, an increased perception in complex relationships affecting nursing;
• Increase analytical ability and skills when assessing the health needs of patients;
• Develop further knowledge and skills in research and evidence-based practice in nursing;
• Develop further skills to investigate, challenge and improve current practice in nursing and;
• Enhance students' acceptance of responsibility and initiative for defining and attaining the knowledge required for expertise in the practice setting.

Online, On campus

You will be given the following learning materials :

• An interactive eLearning platform
• Interactive multimedia learning activities
• Discussion forums and chat rooms
• Video and multimedia content
• Links to key online resources
• Access to thousands of peer reviewed journal articles
• Access to books and eBooks through the online library

On successful completion of this course you can assume leadership positions such as:

• Associate Nurse Unit Manager;
• Nurse Unit Manager or;
• Alternatively, you can remain a Registered Nurse but receive increased pay while developing a portfolio of leadership and mentoring experience.

• Graduate Nurses who have completed the Bachelor of Nursing and are registered with AHPRA and overseas Nurses with a Bachelor of Nursing or a Diploma of Nursing of 3 years duration and registered with the Nursing board in their country of origin.
• IELTS level of at least 6.5 with all bands no less than 6.

Alternative Criteria:

• Pass a short academic essay in the English language on a topic provided by IHM.

For Online students : AUD $7,500
For On-campus students : AUD $10,000

Payment plans available.

Books, equipment and other materials are required to undertake the program and their cost is not included in the tuition fee.

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