Because we incorporate evidence-based knowledge and skills with research to provide comprehensive education in medical surgical concepts. The course is taught by nurses with extensive clinical backgrounds in various aspects of medical surgical nursing. Completing this course will develop your practice knowledge and leadership skills, help to advance care in your unit and increase your career prospects.
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What makes our Medical surgical nursing course different?
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Our medical surgical course is taught in collaboration with clinical specialist nurses/clinical nurse educators and us. Our medical-surgical units are designed to support the advanced practice needs of nurses working medical surgical healthcare services.
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What will I study?
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There are two core units focusing on medical surgical nursing in the course. These units are:
Study at University in class or online
Key areas of study include:
In addition, as a graduate student, you will immerse in learning opportunities designed to expand your skills in critical thinking, problem solving, evidence-based practice, and clinical decision making. You will also be exposed to core concepts associated with research including literature searching, critique of contemporary research, referencing and advanced academic writing skills.
This unit builds on the learning in medical surgical nursing 1 and again your study can be in class or online.
Key areas of content include:
Additionally, important concepts such as legal and ethical frameworks, transition to adult care services and socio-cultural principles will be discussed as they apply to patient and family centred care. You, as a RN with an advanced level of practice will also engage in learning related to clinical leadership.
Both units are 12 credit points and on successful completion, you will be eligible to graduate with a Graduate certificate of advanced clinical nursing.
Should you wish to undertake further study and progress toward a higher qualification, pathways exist for you to continue your education in a Graduate Diploma or Master of Advanced Clinical Nursing. Further information is available in the course handbook.
How long will the course take?
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The two core units will take one year of full-time study to complete.
Should you wish to proceed to further study beyond the Graduate certificate of advanced clinical nursing, further information to identify course duration is available in the course handbook.
How many hours will I spend a week studying on average?
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You will have a total of 12 hours teaching-and student-directed study/week
What our students say about the course
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"‘Since I finished my post grad last year, I have been able to move into a new role of Clinical Support Nurse within Peninsula Health in March. This role is to support/supervise student nurses, graduate nurses RN/EN and novice staff requiring extra support, when they cannot get this from the ward staff. My role is to share my knowledge and to teach new skills as necessary. This new role has allowed me to increase my knowledge and skills so that I am able to help students/staff become familiar with new skills and empower them to become more autonomous within their scope.
By doing the post grad in Med/Surg has given me so much more knowledge to be able to care for my patients better and being more aware of a deteriorating patient and the steps to take to provide a good outcome for the patients.
I am so glad that I did the course as it has helped me be a better nurse and support my fellow peers."
Zoe Trainor, Peninsula Health