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Unit of study table

Advanced Nursing Practice

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Requirements for the award

Master of Advanced Nursing Practice

Students must complete 72 credit points, including:
24 credit points of core units of study
24 credit points of project units of study from the chosen specialisation or from the non-specialised Advanced Nursing Practice pathway
12 credit points of Nurse Prescribing core units of study.
12 credit points of Capstone core units of study
Specialisation
A specialisation requires the completion of 24 credit points of project units of study undertaken within a specialisation.

The available specialisations are:

  • Gerontological Nursing
  • Cancer and Haematology Nursing
  • Primary and Community Health Nursing
  • Emergency Care Nursing
  • Intensive Care Nursing
Specialisation must be in the student’s current area of clinical practice.
Students who do not undertake a specialisation will follow the non-specialised Advanced Nursing Practice pathway.

Unit of study table

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units of study

FMHU5007
Safety and Quality in Healthcare
6 A Clinical experience as a registered health professional and/or employment for in a health service management role or health policy role.
NURS5xxx
Exploring Clinical Practice
6  
NURS5071
Contemporary Health Leadership
6  
NURS5069
Evidence and Knowledge Translation
6  

Nurse Prescribing Core Units of Study

NURS5xxx
Pharmacology for Advanced Practice
6  
NURS5xxx
Quality use of Medicines in Practice
6 P NURS5xxx Pharmacology for Advanced Practice

Capstone Core Units of Study

NURS5080
Capstone
12 P 42 credit points and NURS5069

Project Units of Study

Advanced Nursing Practice – non-specialised pathway
NURS5xxx
Safety and Quality Project
6 P FMHU5007
NURS5xxx
Clinical Practice Project
6 P NURS5044
NURS5xxx
Leadership Project
6 P NURS5071
NURS5xxx
Evidence to Practice Project
6 P NURS5069
Gerontological Nursing Specialisation
NURS5xxx
Gerontological Project: Safety and Quality
6 P FMHU5007
NURS5xxx
Gerontological Project: Clinical Practice
6 P NURS5044
NURS5xxx
Gerontological Project: Leadership
6 P NURS5071
NURS5xxx
Gerontological Project: Evidence to Practice
6 P NURS5069
Cancer and Haematology Nursing Specialisation
NURS5xxx
C & H Nursing Project: Safety and Quality
6 P FMHU5007
NURS5xxx
C & H Nursing Project: Clinical Practice
6 P NURS5044
NURS5xxx
C & H Nursing Project: Leadership
6 P NURS5071
NURS5xxx
C & H Nursing Project: Evidence to Practice
6 P NURS5069
Primary and Community Health Nursing Specialisation
NURS5xxx
P & CH Nursing Project: Safety and Quality
6 P FMHU5007
NURS5xxx
P & CH Nursing Project: Clinical Practice
6 P NURS5044
NURS5xxx
P & CH Nursing Project: Leadership
6 P NURS5071
NURS5xxx
P & CH Nursing Project: Evidence to Practice
6 P NURS5069
Emergency Care Nursing Specialisation
NURS5xxx
Emergency Care Project: Safety and Quality
6 P FMHU5007
NURS5xxx
Emergency Care Project: Clinical Practice
6 P NURS5044
NURS5xxx
Emergency Care Project: Leadership
6 P NURS5071
NURS5xxx
Emergency Care Project: Evidence to Practice
6 P NURS5069
Intensive Care Nursing Specialisation
NURS5xxx
Intensive Care Project: Safety and Quality
6 P FMHU5007
NURS5xxx
Intensive Care Project: Clinical Practice
6 P NURS5044
NURS5xxx
Intensive Care Project: Leadership
6 P NURS5071
NURS5xxx
Intensive Care Project: Evidence to Practice
6 P NURS5069