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The University of Notre Dame Australia

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Graduate Diploma of Clinical Nursing

  • Graduate Diploma

Are you a practising Registered nurse who desires to advance your nursing career? Our Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing at The University of Notre Dame Australia is the ideal postgraduate course for you if you have one year of experience and are currently employed in a health institution.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time

About this course

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Are you a practising Registered nurse who desires to advance your nursing career? Our Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing at The University of Notre Dame Australia is the ideal postgraduate course for you if you have one year of experience and are currently employed in a health institution. Clinical Nurses are in high demand in hospitals and healthcare facilities worldwide. This one-year program is practical, with all formal studies completed online. Get in contact today to find out more.

Entry requirements

The following entry requirements apply to this program:

  • Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or provisional registration, whichever is applicable at the time of commencement
  • Nursing or other appropriate degree or the equivalent
  • Minimum of one year relevant post registration nursing experience
  • Candidates must be employed with a participating health service provider and have their hospital's support to undertake the program.

Study locations

Fremantle

What you will learn

If you are a Registered nurse who wishes to develop specialist skills and knowledge in the clinical nursing field, our postgraduate course is the qualification for you.

Notre Dame University Australia has partnered with leading healthcare providers to develop this unique one-year program for Registered Nurses. You must be employed with a participating health service provider and have the hospital's support to undertake this program.

Online units include Reflective Practice, Management and Ethics of Professional Life. Before enrolling in this program, you must have completed a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing. Upon graduation, you can take a Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing), which requires a further two semesters of part-time study.

Career pathways

The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing will allow qualified nurses to become clinical leaders in their chosen fields. Careers include nurse educators, nurse managers, nurse practitioners, nurse researchers or research managers.

Course structure

  • NURS5230/5231 Reflective Practice
  • NURS5021 Management
  • PHIL6020 Ethics for Professional Life

Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing)

This program comprises of an additional two semesters of part-time study. If you undertake a Masters degree, you will be allocated a research supervisor to support you in your research engagement in an area relevant to your specialty of nursing practice.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Nursing courses at The University of Notre Dame Australia.
85.8%
Overall satisfaction
80%
Skill scale
78.3%
Teaching scale
90.2%
Employed full-time
$99.3k
Average salary