Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Community Health and Development)*

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • Core units
  • Elective units
• Further information
• Completed applications

General information

* PENDING COUNCIL APPROVAL.
Course code: TBA Offered by the Monash University's School of Nursing in conjunction with Deakin University's School of Nursing and Gippsland and Peninsula campuses Full-fee-paying course: $4200 (Australian residents)

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission, an applicant would normally have relevant registration (eg Division 1 with the Nurses Board of Victoria), have at least one year of nursing experience, and have a degree in nursing or a related discipline.

Course structure

This course may be undertaken on campus, by distance education, or by flexible learning mode (ie a combination of on-campus and distance education modes). Satisfactory completion of the course requires studies totalling 24 credit points of study over one year. Students are required to undertake two of the following core units and two elective units:

Core units

• NUR7742 Professional roles and responsibilities in community health nursing
• Contexts of practice: health and social policy (Deakin)
• Health education and promotion: debates, dilemmas and challenges (Deakin)
• GHS7740 Community as a client

Elective units

Available on application

Further information

For further information, contact the School of Nursing, Gippsland campus, on telephone (03) 9902 6454 or Peninsula campus on telephone (03) 9904 4260.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the School of Nursing, Gippsland Campus, Monash University, Churchill, Victoria 3842.

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