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Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing

  • Graduate Certificate

Are you a graduate registered nurse who wants to hone your clinical knowledge and improve your decision-making skills? The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing is designed for the newly qualified nurse in their first year of practice and can be completed in one year of part-time study.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Course Code
4130
Study Mode
Online

About this course

School of Nursing & Midwifery, Fremantle Campus

Are you a graduate registered nurse who wants to hone your clinical knowledge and improve your decision-making skills? The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing is designed for the newly qualified nurse in their first year of practice and can be completed in one year of part-time study. You undertake a mixture of practical and online study while employed in the clinical setting. Upon graduation, you can also choose to continue your studies with a Graduate Diploma or Master of Nursing. To apply, you will need to be a current employee at one of our partner health institutions.

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
  • Candidates must be employed in a graduate position with a participating health service provider and have their hospital's support to undertake the program.

Please note:

  • Interviews for the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing will be at the discretion of the health service and conducted on site.
  • Please be aware that the standard course costs do not apply for this program. Course costs are reduced due to the unique nature of this hospital-based, university-supported learning program.

Study locations

Fremantle

Online

What you will learn

This partnership program is a unique collaboration between The University of Notre Dame Australia and several leading health providers in Western Australia, including the Marian Clinic, Perth Clinic, Rockingham General Hospital, SwanCare, and St John of God Healthcare.

The program, which is only available to students who have a nursing degree and are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and have a graduate employee contract with the partnering health providers, aims to improve your expertise in the clinical area. It comprises units in advanced health assessment, clinical nursing practice and nursing governance. As part of the program, you undertake a series of clinical rotations and written projects.

Upon graduation, you can embark on a further year of study leading to a Graduate Diploma of Clinical Nursing and, later, a Master of Nursing.

Course structure

  • NURS4016 Advanced Health Assessment
  • NURS4019 l Nursing Practice 1
  • NURS4026 Nursing Practice 2
  • NURS4017 Nursing Governance

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

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