Master of Nursing - Entry to Practice (NS89)

Course information

As a Master of Nursing - Entry to Practice graduate, you will be an inclusive, culturally-safe nursing graduate, eligible to practice as a registered nurse, with the capability to lead and develop therapeutic relationships, guided by evidence-based scientific practice. You will have a competitive edge in work readiness to lead and manage health interventions including research-based quality improvement projects from initiation to completion. As a graduate nurse, you will have high level cognitive, clinical reasoning, decision-making and reflective skills to respond to dynamic and challenging healthcare environments. You will develop the professional knowledge, skills and values to enact person-centred care, to initiate, innovate, evaluate and communicate across a complex range of nursing contexts with capacity to engage in intra and interprofessional collaboration. Your graduate attributes also include preparedness for changes in the quality use of medicines, an awareness of global health issues, and adeptness with digital literacy to engage with consumers as informed partners in their health care. These attributes embody your developing professional identity as a nurse.

Course structures

Students are required to undertake 192 credit points of study consisting of:

• 10 core nursing units (120cp),
• 4 placement units (60cp), and
• 1 unit in which students apply their knowledge of research and evaluation approaches to design a clinical practice evaluation plan (12cp).

Study costs

Domestic students may need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).

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Additional costs

There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.