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University of Canberra

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Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing

  • Graduate Diploma

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Course Code
260JA

About this course

If you're already a qualified and registered nurse keen to hone your skills in Clinical Leadership, Complex Care, Critical Care or Mental Health, then the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing is the natural stepping stone for career progression.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing offers you the chance to get advanced specialised healthcare training while gaining additional qualifications and experience in clinical leadership and management.

Specific areas of health include; Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Critical Care Unit (CCU), Trauma Management (Critical Care), Mental Health, or Chronic Illness and Disease Management (Complex Care).

Take control of your career and sign up for the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing course at UC today.

This is your chance to improve your skills and become part of a highly specialised team of healthcare professionals dedicated to improving the professional standards of nursing around the world.

Entry requirements

Applicants need to meet all three criteria:
A) hold a Bachelor of Nursing
B) be registered, or be eligible to register, as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), or equivalent overseas regulatory body
C) be employed in a relevant health setting*

*The health setting must be relevant to the nursing stream chosen.


Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places.

Study locations

Canberra

What you will learn

  • be able to choose from four clinical specialties: Clinical Leadership, Complex Care, Critical Care or Mental Health
  • advance your clinical expertise and evidence-based skill set
  • critically examine significant social, legal, ethical, policy, and practical issues facing nurses in contemporary practice.

Career pathways

  • nurse specialist
  • research nurse
  • nurse educator
  • nurse administrator
  • clinical nurse specialist
  • nurse unit manager
  • mental health nurse
  • ICU nurse
  • ED nurse
  • CCU nurse
  • oncology nurse