UNIT SET INFORMATION

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Transition Nursing Area of Specialisation 
SPAAJN 
I52 MASTER OF CLINICAL NURSING 
 

The Master of Clinical Nursing (Transition) comprises nine units (180 Credit Points). The Transition Nursing unit set allows Registered Nurses to develop expertise in a clinical speciality approved by the Course Coordinator.

 

Students may exit with a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing following completion of 60 credit points and with a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing following completion of 120 credit points.

 
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Joondalup Campus.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following mode of delivery - Online.
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity
YEAR ONE
Semester One
GPN4102 Advanced Health Assessment 20 
CCP4100 Continuous Clinical Practicum 20 
Semester Two
CNG4100 Nursing Governance 20 
 
The student may exit with a Graduate Certificate in Transition Nursing (S60)
 
CCP4100 is a year long clinical practice unit. The student must be employed in a graduate nurse position to undertake this unit.

At the completion of these three units, the student must indicate which specialty they will be employed in to continue on with the Masters of Clinical Nursing. If they are not employed within a specialty in the second year of study, they are ineligible to continue on with the Masters and should withdraw with a Graduate Certificate in Transition Nursing (S60).
 
YEAR TWO
Semester One
NNS5113 Advanced Nursing Science 1 20 
NNS5202 Advanced Nursing Science 2 20 
NSP5302 Advanced Nursing Practice 2 * 20 
 
A student may exit with a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing in their clinical specialty.
Semester Two
MHP5101 Master Health Project 20 
MHP5202 Master Health Project 20 
Elective 20 Credit Points
 
Subjects marked with * is a twelve month long clinical specialty practicum.

Students must be employed in a clinical specialty in order to undertake NNS5113, NNS5202 and NSP5302 (ie: Emergency, ICU, CCU). It is this specialty that dictates what their final Masters of Clinical Nursing specialty is.

MHP5101 and MHP5202 are sequential units. A student studying at the Master award level full-time should enrol in MHP5101 in Semester One, Year Two.




 

Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2013 VET: 20/05/2013