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Entry to practice degrees

Bachelor of Nursing

Become a registered nurse in three years and gain the knowledge, clinical skills, placement experience, and confidence to make a real difference in patients’ lives.
Study mode: on-campus (Clayton and Peninsula)

Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours)

Graduate as both a nurse and midwife, and build a rewarding career making a difference where it matters most, developing the skills to nurture life, improve health, and make a lasting impact.
Study mode: on-campus (Peninsula)

Master of Nursing Practice

Take the next step toward a purposeful career as a registered nurse in just two years. Build on your existing undergraduate degree and become a nurse who delivers exceptional care and lasting impact.
Study mode: on-campus (Clayton)

Professional practice (graduate) degrees

Nursing and Midwifery Master Degrees

Our Masters courses will prepare you for leadership roles in specialist practice. You will develop advanced practice knowledge and leadership in your chosen specialisation enabling you to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate healthcare.

Healthcare in disasters

Develop the leadership skills needed to coordinate healthcare activities during disasters Gain an understanding of interventions associated with global and local disaster situations.

Advanced Nursing

Education in healthcare

Passing on your experience and knowledge is incredibly rewarding. Gain knowledge and develop leadership skills in a variety of healthcare education contexts.

Advanced Nursing

Leadership and management in healthcare

Develop advanced knowledge and skills in your chosen specialisation to contribute to the health of individuals, families and communities in addition to the development and advancement of the healthcare profession.

Advanced Nursing

Palliative and end of life care

Develop an understanding of how to apply evidence based palliative care practices to support patients, their families and your healthcare colleagues.

Advanced Nursing

Trauma nursing

Offered in partnership with Alfred Health and National Trauma Research Institute, this specialisation will enable you to gain an understanding of complex trauma care and leadership skills for advancing quality of care.

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Master of Advanced Midwifery

Enhance your specialist midwifery knowledge, advance to a leadership position or embark on a research project with the Master of Advanced Midwifery.

Graduate Certificate of prescribing for midwives

Elevate your midwifery practice, strengthen your autonomy and lead meaningful change in maternity care.

Cancer nursing

Expand your skills to provide an advanced level of care to cancer patients and develop understanding of care across the treatment and wellness continuum.

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Cardiac nursing

Cardiac nurses are critical to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions. Gain the skills to be an effective member of the cardiac team.

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Emergency nursing

Highly skilled. Emergency nurses assess, prioritise and treat patients in a range of busy clinical settings within the Emergency Department (ED). Gain the skills to be an effective member of the ED team.

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Intensive care nursing

Intensive care nurses are highly developed with advanced assessment skills and a core set of nursing care capabilities required for the management of the critically ill patient. Gain the skills to be effective in the intensive care environment.

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Medical surgical nursing

Proficient in the holistic management of patients, the advanced practice general nurse has diverse knowledge to effectively assess and manage patients. Gain the skills to become an effective medical surgical nurse.

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Mental health nursing

Rewarding and challenging. Mental health nurses support the recovery of people living with a wide range of mental health disorders. Gain knowledge to be an effective member of the mental health team.

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Neuroscience nursing

Develop specialised knowledge and skills that will enable you to assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate appropriate nursing care of the acute neuroscience patient.

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Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioners (NP) work in an advanced practice nursing role that involves advanced health assessment, diagnosing patients, creating management plans, the referral of patients to specialists, prescribing medications.

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Paediatric nursing

Rewarding and challenging. Paediatric nurses provide therapeutic interventions essential to care for paediatric patients and their families. Gain knowledge in key areas using the latest emerging models of care.

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Perioperative nursing

Perioperative nurses have a diverse knowledge base to effectively assess and appropriately manage patients in the perioperative setting. Gain a deeper understanding of issues related to specific surgical specialty areas.

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Research degrees and short courses

Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)

Thinking about a PhD or gaining some research skills and looking for an accelerated program to help you - then this is the course for you.

Doctor of Philosphy

Make an impact, develop transferrable skills through a professional development program that ensures you are ready for a career in healthcare senior leadership and academia.

Human Biology

Completing this short course will enable you to meet the criteria of previous study in human biology for acceptance into several graduate-entry healthcare courses.

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