Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
Charles Darwin University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00300K
The Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) is an online course designed for experienced registered nurses who want to build their professional practice capability and seek endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner in line with the Standards of Practice set by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. This course will enhance your knowledge and advanced practice skills in a range of areas including: expanded practice professional autonomy and accountability, and clinical leadership. The course builds on the knowledge you will have already gained through postgraduate studies and professional experience. It has a focus on person-centred care that is culturally responsive, to be applied within primary health care or any other healthcare settings where a Nurse Practitioner provides care. Intensives (on campus) While this is an online course, you are required to complete two on-campus intensives. Each intensive is one-week long and takes place early in Semester 1 each year with Year 1 at CDU's Sydney Campus and Year 2 in Darwin. Exact dates are confirmed during the course and students are responsible for the costs of attendance (including travel and accommodation). Clinical requirements In this course you are required to undertake a minimum of 300 hours supernumerary integrated professional practice (IPP). Further details are available in the Clinical Requirements SNNP01 Assessment Pack for the professional practice units. Clinical Support Team (CST) Chosen Clinical Support Team members and the clinical mentor (CM) must be employed at a minimum of 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) to enable consistent supervision and assessment in practice; casual staff are not eligible as CST members. The nurse practitioner (NP) student will be working closely with their team to expand and further develop their clinical skills, decision-making, critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, patient management, and professional practice. It is desirable that the members of the CST have at least one of the following: educational training, experience supervising previous NP students, or experience of supervising registrar or medical students as outlined in the CST agreement form.
Structure
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Standard entry requirements
Applicants must: hold current and unrestricted registration as a registered nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) have completed a graduate certificate or higher degree in their nursing clinical field provide a curriculum vitae demonstrating a minimum of two-years of full time equivalent (FTE) employment as a registered nurse in a specified clinical field and a minimum of an additional two-years FTE of recent advanced nursing practice in the same clinical field. provide evidence from an approved health care organisation that support the applicant and the clinical requirements, including supervision and clinical support for a minimum of 300 hours of supernumerary integrated professional practice during the course.
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| CDU Online | No |
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