Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing enables students to develop specialist knowledge and skills required of a nurse in a variety of critical care areas, including coronary care, emergency departments and intensive care. This course fosters both academic and clinical competence enabling students to integrate theory into practice and further develop clinical decision making skills. Comprehensive multidisciplinary team approach is advocated to manage and support critically ill patients and their family. This course enables nurses to develop their professional autonomy and provide leadership within their chosen area of critical care nursing.
Students complete 4 units of study - 3 cores and 1 specialty elective.
Admission to GC courses is based on academic merit and selection. In addition, applicants must satisfy any prerequisites or additional requirements specified for particular courses, including ACN's general eligibility criteria.
All applicants seeking admission are required to:
This course is designed for registered nurses wishing to further their education in the practice of critical care nursing. It enables students to:
A Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing is an investment in your future and will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure better outcomes for your patients and progress your career, leading to opportunities in clinical education, management and specialist nursing roles.
The Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing is a one year course, consisting of four 10-week terms.
3 specialty streams are available: Cardiac, Emergency and Intensive Care. In each stream students will need to complete 4 units - 3 core and 1 specialty elective. One unit is studied per term.
Approximate hours of study are 12 - 15 hours per week.
For more details please visit the course website.