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Master of Advanced Nursing (MC-AN) // Course structure
About this course
Coordinator
Sharon Kinney
Course structure
The Master of Advanced Nursing prepares graduates to assume a major responsibility in developing new professional roles, devising new models of care and overseeing dynamic changes to practice. In the second year two streams are offered.
Stream 1 Coursework ‐ comprises 150 credit points: 2x 12.5cp (Graduate Certificate Specialty Subjects) + 4x 12.5cp (Core) + 1x 12.5cp Core selective, 25cps (Capstone) + 3 x 12.5cp (Elective)
Stream 2 Minor Thesis ‐ comprises 150 credit points: 1x 25cp (Core ) + 1x 12.5cp (Core) + 1x 12.5 cp (Core Selective) + 2x 12.5cp (Elective) + 2x 25cp (Minor Thesis) + 1x 25cp (Capstone)
Subject options
Core subjects for Coursework students
Students must complete all of the core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
Summer Term (Online)
June (Online)
|
12.5 |
LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
NURS90086 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
Core Selective subjects for Coursework students
Students must undertake one of the following two subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90075 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Specialty subjects for Coursework students
Students must undertake one of the following specialty subject sets:
Critical Care Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90122 | Foundations of Critical Care Nursing |
March (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
NURS90126 | Intensive Care Nursing 1 | June (Online) |
6.25 |
NURS90127 | Intensive Care Nursing 2 | September (Online) |
6.25 |
Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90082 | Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
NURS90090 | Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Cardiorespiratory Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90112 | Nursing Specialty 1 | March (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90113 | Nursing Specialty 2 | June (Online) |
12.5 |
Emergency Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90080 | Emergency Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
NURS90092 | Emergency Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90079 | Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing 1 | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90094 | Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Paediatric Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90084 | Paediatric Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
NURS90088 | Paediatric Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90085 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
NURS90087 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Rural Critical Care Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90083 | Rural Critical Care Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
NURS90089 | Rural Critical Care Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Renal Nursing:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90112 | Nursing Specialty 1 | March (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90111 | Nursing Specialty 2 (Renal) | June (Online) |
12.5 |
Core subjects for Minor Thesis students
Students must complete all of the core subjects plus one 12.5cp core selective subject.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
Summer Term (Online)
June (Online)
|
12.5 |
NURS90103 | Research in Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90108 | Minor Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
NURS90109 | Minor Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
Core Selective subjects for Minor Thesis students
Minor Thesis students must complete one of the following core selective subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
NURS90086 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Please note: LING90002 is only available as an elective for Minor Thesis students. Coursework students take LING90002 in the compulsory part of their study plan, not in the elective component.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
GENP60001 | Significant Issues in Women's Health |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
GENP60002 | Preventive Health Care | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
HLTH90007 | Domestic and Family Violence |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
HLTH90009 | Suicide Prevention | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
INFO90001 | Health Informatics Methods & Tools | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISYS90069 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (Online)
|
12.5 |
NURS90010 | Clinical Teaching and Preceptorship | No longer available | |
NURS90012 | Psychopharmacology | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90013 | Community Mental Health | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
NURS90018 | Consumer Perspective: Theory & Practice | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90025 | Child and Family Health | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90072 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Context | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90077 | Specialist Mental Health Nursing | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90103 | Research in Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
NURS90104 | Chronic Disease Management: Foundations |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
PHRM90001 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90256 | Ageing in Society | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90257 | Body of Ageing | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90258 | Economics of Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90259 | End of Life Issues | No longer available | |
POPH90260 | Ethics of Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90267 | Ageing Health & Human Services |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
SCWK90027 | Advanced Trauma Perspectives | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
HLTH90009 | Suicide Prevention | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
HLTH90008 | International Child and Family Welfare | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90001 | Foundations of Rehabilitation |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
REHB90004 | Rehabilitation in the Acute Setting | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
REHB90002 | Rehabilitation Activity and Exercise |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
REHB90005 | Rehabilitation for Paediatrics | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
REHB90006 | Rehabilitation for Women's Health | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
NURS90047 | Adult Palliative Care | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90074 | Psychosocial Aspects of Palliative Care | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
NURS90118 | Ethics in Clinical Practice | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90065 | Paediatric Palliative Care | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90046 | Fundamentals of Palliative Care | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NURS90073 | Contemporary Approaches to Bereavement | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 27 July 2021