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The Master of Nurse Practitioner prepares registered nurses for the autonomous Nurse Practitioner role in an area of specialised nursing practice: Ageing and Palliative Care, Child and Family Health, Chronic and Complex Care, Emergency and Acute Care, Mental Health and Primary Health Care. You will develop advanced skills in nursing health assessment, diagnosis, implementation and evaluation of care by undertaking studies in pathophysiology, pharmacotheraputics, diagnostic reasoning, advanced nursing practice, and the quality use of medicines.
Specialised graduates will have the capabilities to work independently and collaboratively, as expert members of the healthcare team, directly contributing to people’s positive health outcomes.
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You will undertake studies which focus on critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning, and the quality use of medicines. These studies will provide you with the confidence to work collaboratively as a valuable member of the healthcare team and to know that you are making a vital contribution to your client's health outcome.
Courses to support your drive and direction include:
The program also includes integrated supernumerary professional practice under the guidance of clinical supervisors and expert clinicians.
Nurse practitioners work autonomously or as part of multidisciplinary teams in primary health care and a variety of specialties across public and private healthcare settings. Graduates will take up their identity in their Nurse Practitioner roles as clinical experts and, therefore, as clinical leaders/educators/researchers/mentors, influencing health service delivery at the level of the individual, family and community.
The program includes a minimum of 300 hours of integrated professional practice, under the guidance of approved clinical supervisors (as approved by the Program Convenor). This advanced clinical practice may be undertaken in the student’s usual place of work or in another clinical area to broaden clinical experience and achieve the Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice.
This program is intended for registered nurses who wish to apply for endorsement by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) to work as a Nurse Practitioner.
This program is also accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).
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Applications for Trimester 1 2025 are now open.
Round 1 applications close Sunday 8 June 2024
Round 1 offers will be released week commencing 24 June 2024
Round 2 applications close Sunday 28 July 2024
Round 2 offer will be released week commencing 12 August
Round 3 applications close Sunday 22 September 2024
Round 3 offers will be released week commencing 7 October 2024
Round 4 (Final Round) applications close Sunday 24 November 2024
Round 4 offers will be released from 9-13 December 2024
Note: To be considered for admission, applicants must download the Master of Nurse Practitioner Admissions and Enrolment Pack (PDF, 341KB), which contains all documents and forms required to be submitted with your application.
Late or incomplete applications will be considered in the next available round. No late applications will be accepted after Sunday 24 November 2024.
Both students and education agents can submit applications online. This is our preferred way of application. You can save your application after you have started, and come back to it later.
To ensure that the process goes smoothly for you, you should complete the following steps before applying:
You will be considered for entry based on criteria such as your undergraduate studies and/or equivalent prior learning and/or relevant work experience.
Make sure you double check the special entry requirements, assumed knowledge or recommended studies for the degree:
Additional entry requirements:
Advanced level of knowledge of patho-physiology within specialty area of practice. Some skills in health assessment/clinical decision making in the student's specialty area of practice. Ability to justify his/her clinical decision.
Students must undertake a minimum of 300 hours integrated supernumerary professional experience. Students must provide confirmed workplace support to complete all professional experience reuqirements of the program, plus a completed site suitability checklist for each site to be used for their IPP experience for approval by the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
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