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The University of Notre Dame Australia

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Graduate Diploma of Nursing

  • Graduate Diploma

If you are a Registered Nurse, our Graduate Diploma of Nursing offers you the chance to upgrade your qualifications over a two-year period. The part-time program is open to you if you have a degree, or if you do not have a degree, you can demonstrate practical nursing skills.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
2 years part-time
Course Code
4086
Study Mode
Online

About this course

School of Nursing & Midwifery, Fremantle Campus

If you are a Registered Nurse, our Graduate Diploma of Nursing offers you the chance to upgrade your qualifications over a two-year period. The part-time program is open to you if you have a degree, or if you do not have a degree, you can demonstrate practical nursing skills. Contact time has been limited so that you can combine your work with this postgraduate program.

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

Covering areas such as mental health, governance, management and leadership, education, acute care, evidence based practice and research and professional development, our postgraduate nursing program offers the ideal vehicle for you if you are a Registered Nurse and want to develop your nursing expertise and function at an advanced level in your profession.

Consideration will also 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 applicants who do not hold a nursing degree.

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.

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 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