Master of Nursing

• 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.

This course is in teach out and closed to new admissions.

The Master of Nursing consists of 11 units and requires 72 credit points for completion. All units are worth six credit points unless otherwise specified.

Students have three specialisation options:

1. Clinical Teaching
2. Clinical Nursing
3. Leadership and Management

Core Units

• NUEB50800 Evidence-Based Practice
• *NURS50100 Research Methods
• NUHS50101 Spirituality and Health
• NUTC55100 Therapeutic Communication
• LAMC51100 Leadership and Organisation

*Research Methods NURS50100 is a co-requisite for Major Project in Nursing NUMP55200

Specialisations

Clinical Teaching

The Clinical Teaching specialisation is made up of the five core units and the six specialisation units listed below.

• #NUCT58600 Clinical Teaching
• #NUCT50400 Developing Practice in Clinical Teaching
• LMLR50101 Lifestyle Medicine: Past, Present, Future
• NURS56000 Promoting Health
• NUAS55102 Applied Scholarship in Nursing
• **NUMP55200 Major Project in Nursing (Year-long 12 Credit Points)

#This unit includes a requirement of 120 hours of clinical employment. The student is expected to work in a context that includes clinical education (e.g. facilitator/mentor to students, new staff, new graduate nurses or trainee/enrolled nurses).

**Minimum of 36 credit points to be achieved before students can enrol in Major Project in Nursing NUMP55200

Clinical Nursing

The Clinical Nursing specialisation is made up of the five core units and the six specialisation units listed below.

• ##NUHC55400 Holistic Assessment and Caring
• LMLR50104 Physiological Underpinnings of Chronic Disease
• LMLR50101 Lifestyle Medicine: Past, Present, Future
• NURS56000 Promoting Health
• NUAS55102 Applied Scholarship in Nursing
• **NUMP55200 Major Project in Nursing (Year-long 12 Credit Points)

**Minimum of 36 credit points to be achieved before student can enrol in Major Project in Nursing NUMP55200

## This unit includes a requirement that the student is concurrently working in a clinical context, to align and apply learned knowledge to nursing practice.

Leadership and Management

The Leadership and Management specialisation is made up of the five core units and the six specialisation units listed below.

• LAMC51400 Human Resource Management
• LAMC51600 Organisational Processes and Change
• LAMC52300 Strategic Planning for Leadership
• LAMC52600 Accounting for Leaders
• NUAS55102 Applied Scholarship in Nursing
• **NUMP55200 Major Project in Nursing (Year-long 12 Credit Points)

**Minimum of 36 credit points to be achieved before student can enrol in Major Project in Nursing NUMP55200

The Course Convenor may substitute core and specialty units with other units if required.

Nested Courses - Optional Exit Points for each Specialisation

• Graduate Certificate in Nursing after completion of 24 credit points (4 units)
• Graduate Diploma in Nursing after completion of 48 credit points (8 units)

Students should contact the Course Convenor for further details of these course requirements

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