Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing

About this Course

If you’re working as a nurse clinician, this graduate diploma will enhance your skills in your specialist area of health care. Better still, you can continue working in that area while you study.

The course has three core units: evidence-based practice and research, nursing cultural studies and evaluating practice in healthcare.

Specialisations include:

- Children and Young People’s Nursing

- Contemporary Care of the Older Person

- Primary Health Care

Completion of this Graduate Diploma provides you credit towards our related Masters degree.

Course Entry

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

• Academic Admission requirements (Band 8)

  Academic admission requirements (Band 8) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

  • Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline; or
  • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience.

Career Opportunities

Depending on your chosen specialisation, your opportunities are many and varied. For example, if you study Children and Young People’s Nursing, you could expect employment in neonatal and paediatric hospital wards, and even in schools or government departments. Likewise, if you study Contemporary Care of the Older Person this will open opportunities in aged care facilities, and clinical areas that work with older people.

Possible future job titles

Clinical Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Staff Development Nurse