Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care)
MMC,
Clayton
Course code: 1243
Course coordinator: Ms D Mackechnie
The Centre for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing (MMC Clayton) offers a
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care) in partnership with the Southern
Health Care Network. In collaboration with relevant health care agencies, the
course responds to industry needs for highly educated acute medical-surgical,
high dependency and generic care nurse clinicians in metropolitan, regional and
rural hospitals. Clinical practice is included in the course and takes place in
a variety of settings throughout metropolitan and south-eastern Victoria.
The
course aims to:
- + facilitate acquisition and application of knowledge, skills and
attitudes for competent clinical practice;
- + foster awareness of the divergent needs of different health care
organisations and clients;
- + promote professional values of critical care and high dependency
nursing specialisation, including nursing accountability and professional
development.
Upon
completion of all course requirements, it is expected that graduates will:
- + demonstrate competency in the performance of complex clinical skills
within the critical care, high dependency environment;
- + explore complex and life threatening health breakdown and related
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 critical care, high dependency nursing practice;
- + reflect on critical care, high dependency practice as it relates to
nursing individuals ranging from the highly technological environment to the
community.
Successful
applicants will normally have:
- + a degree;
- + a current RN practising certificate; and
- + at least one year professional clinical experience
Special
entry to the course is available.
Students
will be required to undertake three core subjects, three prescribed specialist
subjects, and will choose two specialist subjects, for a total of eight
subjects. In a part-time enrolment, students will complete two subjects each
semester over two years. Alternatively, students may enrol full-time and
complete the course in one year. Subjects are normally scheduled in a manner
which enables the students to undertake part-time employment.
- + CNS6101 Research utilisation
- + CNS6201 Health, caring, environment and technology
- + CNS6202 Research in health care environments
plus a choice of two
from the following: