COURSE INFORMATION
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| V25 / U51 Master of Clinical Nursing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By Coursework
This program is designed to allow nurse clinicians to enhance their individual specialty knowledge and competence whilst working in their selected area of specialisation. Theoretical and practical knowledge will be augmented by a substantial clinical project to enable the development of advanced critical thinking and project writing skills. The program encourages innovative evidence based practice that will ultimately lead to improved nursing practice. There are twelve specialty fields of study in this program:
Units are available in the internal and online mode of study. Please contact the Course Coordinator for details of units on campus. From semester 1, 2008, it is expected that the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine will be located at the Joondalup Campus. |
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| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS All Registered Nurses who possess a Bachelor of Nursing (with at least 12 months nursing experience) or equivalent may enrol in the Master of Clinical Nursing program with multiple exit points at Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master level. RNs with a hospital based diploma, who do not possess an undergraduate degree, but who have been registered and practising for at least three years may enrol in units comprising the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing. Upon completion of these units students may progress to the Master of Clinical Nursing at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.
The course relies heavily upon work-based learning, with students being required to work at least 18 hours per week in an approved specialty area of their choice. All students must have at least 6 months experience in specialty stream prior to commencing course (except for Oncology and Palliative Care Streams). Some speciality areas require up to 12 months previous clinical experience. Students should have access to computer facilities to undertake this program of study. |
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| COURSE LOCATION This course is available on Joondalup Campus. |
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| MODE OF STUDY This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode. |
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| MODE OF DELIVERY This course is available in the following modes of delivery - On-campus, and Online. |
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| COURSE STRUCTURE Students will complete a total of 180 credit points (nine units). Students may choose from the following selected fields of study: |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/09/2006 VET: 30/09/2006