Nursing
A postgraduate program
Fast facts
Course type: | Postgraduate (coursework) |
| Availability (full-time or part-time): | Full-time (N/A for all Nursing streams offered in the Graduate Certificate) |
| Location: | On campus (N/A for all streams offered in the Graduate Certificate) |
Courses
| Course name | Units | Duration (full-time equivalent) | GradStart code | CRICOS code |
| Graduate Certificate in Health (Nursing streams) | 18 units | 1 year (only one stream available full time) | Various | Various |
| Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Specialist streams) | 36 units | 1 year | Various | Various |
| Master of Nursing (Specialist streams) | 54 units | 1.5 years | Various | Various |
| Master of Nursing (Coursework) | 54 units | 1.5 years | 2CM065 | 005525G |
| Master of Nursing (Coursework and Research) | 54 units | 1.5 years | 2CM056 | 005525G |
| Master of Nursing (Clinical and Research) | 54 units | 1.5 years | 2CM087 | 005525G |
| Master of Nursing (Clinical) | 54 units | 1.5 years | 2CM052 | 005525G |
Overview
Streams
The following nursing/specialist streams can be completed as part of the nursing courses listed above:
- Advanced Continence Nurse Specialist - Not offered in 2009
- Aged Care Nursing Studies
- Alcohol and Other Drug Studies
- Child, Adolescent and Family Health Nursing
- Clinical Forensic Nursing
- Continence Nurse Advisor
- Correctional Nursing
- Critical Care Nursing
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Emergency Nursing
- General Practice Nursing
- Infertility and Assisted Reproduction - Not offered in 2009
- Mental Health Nursing
- Women's Health - Not offered in 2009
Graduate Certificate in Health
This is an 18-unit course which allows qualified registered nurses to undertake postgraduate studies in specialty areas. Students complete a specialty stream chosen from those listed above.
Graduate Diploma in Nursing
This is a 36-unit course which aims to give students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in one of a selected range of practice-based streams and to extend their general theoretical knowledge. Students are required to complete 18 units of core topics and 18 units of a chosen specialty stream from those listed above.
This course also offers a Coursework stream where students are required to complete 18 units of core topics and 18 units from selected topics offered by the various specialty streams listed above, enabling students to design a stream based on their interests rather than a specific practice area.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Health (Palliative Care) stream may be granted credit towards the Graduate Diploma in Nursing and the Master of Nursing.
Master of Nursing
This is a 54-unit course for registered nurses who wish to prepare themselves for leadership roles in nursing practice, research and consultancy.
The course offers five pathways directed towards coursework, clinical or research, or a combination of these areas.
- Pathways 1-3 comprise 18 units of core topics as those offered by the Graduate Diploma of Nursing, and:
- Pathway 1: Coursework. Students must also complete a 9-unit Practice Project and elective topics to the value of 27 units.
- Pathway 2: Coursework and Clinical. Students must also complete a 9-unit Practice Project, an 18-unit specialty stream and elective topics to the value of 9 units.
- Pathway 3: Clinical. Students must also complete two specialty streams to the value of 18 units each from those listed above.
- Pathway 1: Coursework. Students must also complete a 9-unit Practice Project and elective topics to the value of 27 units.
- Pathways 4 and 5 comprise of 18 units of research based core topics and:
- Pathway 4: Coursework and Research. Students must also complete a research project to the value of 18 units and elective topics to the value of 18 units.
- Pathway 5: Clinical and Research. Students must also complete a research project to the value of 18 units and a specialty stream from those listed above to the value of 18 units.
- Pathway 4: Coursework and Research. Students must also complete a research project to the value of 18 units and elective topics to the value of 18 units.
What will I study?
Refer to the program of study: Entry requirements
Domestic students
| International students
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Applicants for the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma must:
Some streams also require a minimum amount of post-registration experience. Information is available from stream details listed above. Applicants for the Master of Nursing must meet the above requirements and have a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience. Candidates for pathways 4 or 5 of the Master of Nursing must also provide with their application a brief statement detailing a proposed research area for the research project component. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
| Applicants for the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma must:
Some streams also require a minimum amount of post-registration experience. Information is available from stream details listed above. Applicants for the Master of Nursing must meet the above requirements and have a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience. Candidates for pathways 4 or 5 of the Master of Nursing must also provide with their application a brief statement detailing a proposed research area for the research project component. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.English language requirements: If English is not your 1st language you must meet English language requirements. | ||||
Applications
Domestic students | International students | ||
| Mid-year entry:
| Yes (N/A to all streams) | Mid-year entry:
| Yes (N/A to all streams) |
| Apply through: | SATAC - GradStart | Apply through: | International Office |
| Application closing dates: | Semester 1, 2009: 20 February 2009 (Exceptions: Child, Adolescent and Family Health Nursing Stream - 16 January 2009; Diabetes Management and Education Stream - 5 December 2008; Mental Health Sciences Stream - 30 January 2009; Self Management Stream - 13 February 2009) | Application closing dates: | Semester 1, 2009: 30 November 2008 Semester 2, 2009: 31 May 2009 |
Annual fees
Course | Place type | Domestic students | International students |
| Graduate Certificate in Health (Nursing streams) | Commonwealth supported - Student contribution amount
| $4,158 | N/A |
| Full fee paying | $9,074 | $8,200 - $9,400 (varies slightly according to stream) | |
| Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Specialist streams) | Commonwealth supported - Student contribution amount | $4,158 | N/A |
| Full fee paying | N/A | $18,800 | |
| Master of Nursing | Commonwealth supported - Student contribution amount | $4,158 | N/A |
| Full fee paying | N/A | $18,800 |
Note: Domestic student fees are indicative only. Further information: How are these fees calculated?
Contact
Dr Anita De Bellis
School of Nursing & Midwifery
Tel: (08) 8201 3441. Fax: (08) 8276 1602
Email: anita.debellis@flinders.edu.au
OR
Faculty of Health Sciences
Tel: (08) 8201 2986 Fax: (08) 8201 3905
Email: health.sciences@flinders.edu.au
General domestic students information
Web: Prospective students
Enquiries: Admissions/Prospective Students Office
Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001
Tel (08) 8201 3074 or 1300 657 671 (local call cost)
Fax (08) 8201 2580
Email: admissions@flinders.edu.au
General international students information
Web: International students
Enquiries: Ask Flinders
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