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The University of Notre Dame Australia

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Graduate Diploma of Nursing

  • Graduate Diploma

Are you a practising Registered Nurse with a desire to further your nursing career? Our Graduate Diploma of Nursing at The University of Notre Dame Australia offers you the chance to upgrade your qualifications over a two-year period.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time
Study Mode
Online

About this course

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Are you a practising Registered Nurse with a desire to further your nursing career? Our Graduate Diploma of Nursing at The University of Notre Dame Australia offers you the chance to upgrade your qualifications over a two-year period. This part-time program is open to you even if you have no degree but can demonstrate practical nursing skills. We have allowed limited contact time so you can combine your work with this postgraduate program. Contact us today to see if you qualify.

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 of other appropriate degree or the equivalent
  • Minimum of one year relevant post registration nursing experience.

Study locations

Fremantle

Online

What you will learn

If you have a desire to further your nursing career and advance the level at which you currently work, the Graduate Diploma of Nursing is designed to assist you to develop your expertise while working full-time in the field.

Our post-graduate qualification covers areas such as mental health, governance, management and leadership, education, acute care, evidence-based practice and research and professional development.

Consideration will be given to those who do not have a relevant degree but who have a wealth of nursing experience. Additional support will be offered to such applicants.

Career pathways

Designed specifically for working professionals, the Graduate Diploma of Nursing can be combined with full time employment, with weekly contact between two and four hours per subject.

A Graduate Diploma of Nursing will allow you to advance your nursing career into a leadership role.

Course structure

Subjects can be selected from the following study areas:

  • Mental Health
  • Governance
  • Education
  • Research
  • Professional Development
  • Management and Leadership
  • Acute Care
  • Evidence based practice and research

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