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. 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