Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Intensive Care)
MMC,
Clayton
Course Code: 1627
Course Coordinator: Ms D Mackechnie
The Centre for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing (MMC Clayton) offers a
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Intensive Care) in partnership with the Southern
Health Care Network. This course is offered to nurses who wish to persue a
challenging specialty career in the highly technological environment of
intensive care. An extensive and diverse range of clinical experience is
offered, incorporating adult and paediatric patients with a wide variety of
complex health problems.
The
course aims to:
- facilitate acquisition and application of knowledge, skills and
attitudes required for competent intensive care nursing practice;
- foster awareness of the divergent needs of different health care
organisations and clients;
- promote professional values of intensive care nursing specialists
including nursing accountability and professional development.
On
completion of the course it is expected that graduates will:
- demonstrate competency in the performance of complex clinical skills
within the intensive care environment;
- explore complex and life threatening health breakdowns and their nursing
implications;
- pursue problem solving methods for individual nursing decision making,
intervention and evaluation;
- use research methods for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes;
- examine a range of professional issues relating to current and future
intensive care nursing practice;
- reflect on intensive care practice as it relates to nursing individuals
in a range of environments from the highly technological to home.
Successful
applicants will normally have:
- a degree;
- a current RN practising certificate; and
- at least one year of professional clinical experience.
Special
entry to the course is available.
Students
will be required to undertake three core subjects and five specialist subjects,
for a total of eight subjects. Students may enrol full-time and complete the
course in one year. Alternatively, in a part-time enrolment, students will
normally complete the course in two years. Subjects are scheduled in a manner
which enables the students to undertake part-time employment.
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