Postgraduate courses
Why study a (post) graduate certificate or diploma in
Acute Care Nursing at UNE
These distance education courses for Registered Nurses will enable nurses to extend their skills and expertise in providing advanced, specialist education and knowledge in perioperative, trauma and critical care nursing. Both the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Acute Care Nursing are organised in two speciality streams, with students choosing to focus either on perioperative nursing (operating room, recovery and day surgery) or trauma and critical care nursing (emergency nursing, coronary care and intensive care nursing). The Graduate Certificate consists of 4 units of study and provides beginning level knowledge of acute care nursing. The Graduate Diploma consists of a further 4 units of study (for those with the Graduate Certificate) or 8 units for students with no previous qualifications in these specialty areas. These courses address the nursing roles associated with these complex, technical acute care settings.
The aim of these courses is to enable the graduate to work effectively in the acute care nursing environment and promote the students’ understanding of the acute clinical contexts in which they work as well as their legal and ethical responsibilities. Additionally the course will develop the students’ skills of critical analysis.
Postgraduate nursing courses at UNE
Postgraduate nursing courses at UNE build on long-standing and highly-regarded expertise in the delivery of the undergraduate nursing courses. All postgraduate courses are offered by distance education and there are a number of Graduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas and Masters courses that provide students with clinically relevant expertise in a number of specialty areas.
These are the courses currently offered:
Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Trauma & Critical Care)
Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Perioperative)
Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing
Graduate Diploma in Acute Care Nursing (Perioperative)
Graduate Diploma in Acute Care Nursing (Trauma & Critical Care)
Master of Nursing
Master of Nursing (Advanced Clinical Education)
Master of Nursing (Advanced Clinical Nursing)
Master of Nursing (Cardiac Care)
Master of Nursing (Community Health Nursing)
Master of Nursing (Dementia Care)
Master of Nursing (Palliative Nursing)
Master of Nursing (Rural Health)
Master of Nursing (Women’s Health)
Master of Nursing (Honours)
Doctor of Philosophy
These post-graduate awards prepare RNs for specialty practice in a variety of health care settings.
Enrol into a nursing course at UNE
New students to UNE need to apply to study on-campus through:
UAC or QTAC
Returning students can apply directly to the UNE Student Centre.
See the UNE Course and Unit catalogue for entry criteria. *Also please note that applicants who do not meet other criteria may request to enter via interview. UNE Course and Unit Catalogue.
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