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Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice is an online course designed to enhance nursing knowledge and specialize in mental health. Developed with the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing, it prepares nurses for careers in various mental health specialties.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 - 1 years full-time, 2 - 2 years part-time
Course Code
GD-MHNP
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Jan, Mar, Jun, Sep

About this course

Course overview

Balance study with your professional commitments while gaining a specialised qualification.

Developed with the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing, ensuring relevance and career readiness.

Graduates have the option to progress into the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice.

The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice is designed to extend your nursing knowledge and develop depth and complexity in your understanding of mental health. Created in response to the growing need for specialist nurses with excellence in mental health, this entirely online course is based on the National Framework for Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing Education developed by the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing.

Gain hands-on experience while learning from expert educators. Through this course, you will have the opportunity to focus on specialties in aged mental health, first episode psychosis, child or youth mental health, or acute/adult mental health nursing, ensuring you are prepared for a fulfilling career as a specialist mental health nurse.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

Course overview

  • Balance study with your professional commitments while gaining a specialised qualification.
  • Developed with the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing, ensuring relevance and career readiness.
  • Graduates have the option to progress into the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice.

The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice is designed to extend your nursing knowledge and develop depth and complexity in your understanding of mental health. Created in response to the growing need for specialist nurses with excellence in mental health, this entirely online course is based on the National Framework for Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing Education developed by the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing.

Gain hands-on experience while learning from expert educators. Through this course, you will have the opportunity to focus on specialties in aged mental health, first episode psychosis, child or youth mental health, or acute/adult mental health nursing, ensuring you are prepared for a fulfilling career as a specialist mental health nurse.

Career pathways

Gain hands-on experience while learning from expert educators. Through this course, you will have the opportunity to focus on specialties in aged mental health, first episode psychosis, child or youth mental health, or acute/adult mental health nursing, ensuring you are prepared for a fulfilling career as a specialist mental health nurse.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Nursing courses at University of Melbourne.
84.4%
Overall satisfaction
82.2%
Skill scale
63.8%
Teaching scale
95.9%
Employed full-time
$76.2k
Average salary