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Nursing M/PgDip
Course details
Nursing Practice M (graduate entry)
Nurse Practitioner M
Course outline
This course will enhance the students’ professional career
development, preparing them for advanced clinical practice
with individuals, families, groups and communities.
Nursing theory and research, as well as professional role
development, are integral to this course which focuses on the
development of the multiple roles of the clinical expert.
Students will complete a specialist stream in child and
adolescent health nursing, domiciliary nursing or general
nursing. All streams focus on the development of leadership,
critical thinking and clinical decision making. All streams
also incorporate an individual health project which students
will complete, during the master component of the course,
under the guidance of one of Curtin’s experienced staff.
Career outlook
Fundamental to this course is the development of leadership,
critical thinking and clinical decision making capacity,
preparing health professionals for a leadership role at an
executive level. The Domiciliary Nursing stream prepares
registered nurses for a leadership role in domiciliary
nursing and focuses on professional accountability and
the development of competency at an advanced level in
assessment and clinical judgement skills.
Course code M - 189904 PgDip - 187807
Duration
M - 1.5 years full-time or equivalent
part-time
PgDip - 1 year full-time or equivalent
part-time
When
M and PgDip - February or July
Campus
Bentley
Study mode M - on-campus, off-campus and mixed onand
off-campus
PgDip - on-campus
Entry requirements M – A bachelor degree in nursing or
equivalent with a course-weighted
average (CWA) of at least 70 per cent or
a postgraduate diploma in nursing or
equivalent with a CWA of at least 65 per
cent, plus Division One registration with the
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
and at least one year of post-registration
clinical experience. Applicants with a degree
in a relevant field may be considered but will
be required to undertake additional units
to develop essential nursing knowledge
and skills. Students must have successfully
completed appropriate research units in
their undergraduate degree.
PgDip – A bachelor degree in nursing or
equivalent with a course-weighted average
of at least 60 per cent, plus Division One
registration with the Nursing and Midwifery
Board of Australia and at least one year
of post-registration clinical experience.
Applicants with a degree in a relevant field
may be considered. Selection is based on
academic performance, clinical experience,
professional references and, where
necessary, an interview.
Specific
requirements
Fees See page 8
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Course outline
This graduate entry masters degree course emphasises
the close integration of evidence based theory and clinical
practice. Students’ theoretical learning is supported by
extensive clinical practice under the guidance of registered
nurses.
Career outlook
Nurses remain in high demand globally and graduates find
work throughout Australia and overseas. Upon graduation
students can work as a beginning practitioner in a variety of
healthcare contexts. The course has been designed to meet
the accreditation requirements and competencies of the
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to enable initial
registration as a nurse. In order for students to be eligible
for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of
Australia as a registered nurse, they must complete this
course within five years.
Course details
Course code 313720
Duration
2 years full-time or equivalent part-time
When
July
Campus
Bentley
Study mode On-campus
Entry requirements A bachelor degree or equivalent. Applicants
must be able to demonstrate academic
ability at the undergraduate and/or
postgraduate level. Essential prerequisites
include completion of a human biology
related unit at tertiary level. Students who
have not completed tertiary units in one of
the above mentioned areas will be able to
apply to study these unit(s) through the
313696 Health Sciences Graduate Entry
Foundation course. Note: examples of
human biology related units that can be
used for course entry are Human Structure
and Function (Curtin) or both an anatomy
and physiology unit.
Specific
requirements
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Fees See page 8
Supplementary information is required see page 10
Course outline
This course has a broad scope for relevance and practicality,
yet has a balance of generic and specific content. Students
explore theoretical and clinical practice components
of the role of nurse practitioners, and study advanced
practice across a range of clinical applications. Their
studies particularly focus on professional accountability,
competency to practise, evidence-based practice, critical
thinking, diagnostic reasoning, clinical decision making and
the quality use of medicines.
In the first and third semesters, students complete an
internship (combined total of 300 hours), under the
supervision of a nurse practitioner in a hospital or agency.
The final semester is devoted to an individual health project
under the guidance of Curtin’s experienced staff.
Career outlook
Graduates will be eligible to apply for endorsement as a
nurse practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of
Australia.
Course details
Course code 309608
Duration
2 years full-time or equivalent part-time
When
January
Campus
Bentley
Study mode On-campus, off-campus and mixed on- and
off-campus
Entry requirements A Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or equivalent
plus a one year graduate clinical practice
program (or equivalent) with a courseweighted
average (CWA) of at least 70
per cent or greater in the bachelor degree.
Students must be registered in Division
One of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of
Australia and should have four years fulltime
equivalent practice in their selected
clinical specialisation. Their application
will be assessed on the basis of clinical
and education experience, academic
performance and professional development.
Specific
requirements
See advice on communicable diseases and
criminal screening page 11
Fees See page 8
Supplementary information is required see page 10
Nurses remain in demand
globally and graduates can find
work throughout Australia
and overseas.