Postgraduate course
Master of Nursing
Avondale University
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About
The Master of Nursing is designed to extend and deepen the registered nurse’s knowledge, skills and appreciation of advanced practice, while considering professional, legal and ethical requirements.
In this course students can choose to develop nursing specialist qualifications in:
- Clinical Nursing,
- Clinical Teaching or
- Leadership and Management.
This is achieved through in-depth study that embraces a selection of topics including: current health care issues, nursing research and evidence-based perspectives of practice, clinical teaching, leadership and management approaches, lifestyle disease and health promotion, counselling, holistic assessment, and advanced therapeutic interventions.
The Course Convenor and Unit Coordinators are available for students to discuss their online learning needs by phone, email or in person on campus.
Upon successful completion of the Master of Nursing, graduates will be able to:
- articulate the nexus between theory, contemporary practice and research and its application to nursing;
- utilise critical reflection for self-improvement and improvement in the quality of client care;
- apply, synthesise and evaluate advanced nursing knowledge within the context of complex health care environments;
- demonstrate leadership skills and advanced problem solving approaches within the collaborative multidisciplinary health team, taking into consideration contemporary culturally diverse health care contexts;
- demonstrate the effective use of high level communication including evolving technologies to disseminate knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences across local, regional and global contexts;
- produce scholarly work from an inquiry-based approach that that reflects advanced understanding and the capacity to apply knowledge to practice;
- apply advanced knowledge to contemporary nursing practice utilising autonomous, holistic and creative approaches, taking into consideration professional standards and culturally diverse contexts;
- reflect on the delivery of quality service in a professional context to ensure promotion of safe ethical practice, that displays integrity, justice, dignity, and respect for others.
Students are required to be employed as a Registered Nurse in the clinical area for the MNurs (Clinical Nursing) and MNurs (Clinical Teaching).
Students are required to undertake 120 hours of experience in the units NUCT58600 Clinical Teaching and NUCT50500 Developing Practice in Clinical Teaching. Students must be able to work in a role that includes clinical education (e.g. facilitator to students, new staff, new graduate nurses or trainee/enrolled nurses).
With a postgraduate qualification in nursing, graduate nurses can apply their professional interests, nursing knowledge and clinical skills to lead and shape the future of health care. Graduates leave equipped to work in a variety of roles including: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Nursing Unit Manager (NUM), Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) and various clinical, research and administration roles.
Admission criteria
To qualify for admission, an applicant must have completed:
- an Australian Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Health Science (in Nursing), or equivalent as approved by the Course Convenor; or
- an Australian Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Nursing or equivalent; or
- an overseas nursing qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor of Nursing or higher.
In addition, applicants must have:
- Current AHPRA authorisation to practice as a Registered Nurse; or
- Authority to practice as a Registered Nurse in their own country; and
- A minimum of one-year post-registration experience within the last five years.
Applicants who plan to study the Clinical Teaching or the Clinical Nursing specialty must be employed as a Registered Nurse in a clinical setting.
Advanced standing
Applicants who have completed prior study may be eligible for advanced standing (credit recognition). Applicants should discuss their eligibility for advanced standing with the Admissions Team or the Course Convenor.
Working as a nurse in NSW
You can apply for temporary nurse registration from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) if you wish to undertake supernumerary nursing practice in NSW.
For more information, visit http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/
Fees and charges
^ Indicative total only. Actual total will depend on subject selection, rate of program completion and annual review of fee levels. Check the latest fee information.
Further information
Read the full course details on the Avondale University website.
The academic content of all programs is subject to routine review.
Visit the Avondale University website.
Call 1300 219 159
Email the College of Health Sciences.