Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Gerontics)

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure
  • First year
  • Second year
• Mixed mode

General information

Course code: 1754 * Gippsland campus (distance education) and Peninsula campus (mixed mode) * Course fees: $8400 * (not HECS-funded) * Course coordinators: Ailsa Rickards (Gippsland); Joan Yalden (Peninsula)
This course is offered part-time via distance education or by mixed mode, over two years. The mixed-mode course includes the combination of distance education study materials, on-campus seminars and clinical fieldwork. The course structure consists of three core subjects and five specialist subjects in gerontics.

Entry requirements

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

Course structure

First year

• NUR6802 Critical social gerontology
• NUR6801 The physiology of ageing
• NUR6804 Lifespan development
• NUR6803 Clinical issues in gerontological nursing

Second year

• GHS7640 Methods of information collection, analysis and usage
• NUR6805 Aged care management and practice
• GHS8750 Gerontic nursing processes III
• GHS8749 Clinical project

Mixed mode

At Peninsula, there will be a series of seminars on campus throughout the semester to support study materials and clinical fieldwork.

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