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Course structure
The Master of Advanced Nursing Practice prepares graduates to be clinically proficient, professionally articulate and ready 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.
Coursework (100CP):
- Core subjects (25CP): Core subjects must be completed.
- Capstone (25CP): This is typically taken in the form of two subjects.
- Core selective (12.5CP): Students normally complete one of the selective subjects in the area of Pharmacology
- Electives (37.5CP): Students normally undertake three elective subjects.
Research (100CP):
- Core subjects (50CP): Core subjects must be completed.
- Capstone (25CP): This is typically taken in the form of two subjects.
- Core selective (12.5CP): Students normally complete one selective subjects in the area of Pharmacology AND Research
- Electives (12.5CP): Students normally undertake one elective subject.
Subject options
Coursework structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the core subjects (25 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90086 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CAPSTONE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the capstone subjects (25 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | July (Online) |
12.5 |
CORE SELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must undertake one of the following subjects (12.5 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90012 | Psychopharmacology | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90075 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must complete three elective subjects (37.5 CP) as listed under the Elective subjects table.
Research structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the core subjects (50 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90026 | Independent Study Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90086 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CAPSTONE SUBJECTS
Students must complete all of the capstone subjects (25 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | July (Online) |
12.5 |
CORE SELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must undertake one of the following Research subjects (12.5 CP):
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90059 | Nursing Research | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HLTH90002 | Practice Based Research |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
Students must complete one elective subject (12.5 CP) as listed under the Elective subjects table.
Elective subjects
Students may also undertake an additional subject listed under Graduate Certificate Specialty Subjects as an elective.
Discipline Electives:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90012 | Psychopharmacology | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90018 | Consumer Perspective: Theory & Practice | January (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90067 | Health Assessment for Advanced Practice1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90068 | Health Assessment for Adv. Practice 2 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90072 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Context | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90075 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90077 | Foundations of Mental Health Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90078 | Assessment in Mental Health Nursing | January (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90079 | Foundations in Neonatal Care | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90084 | Paediatric Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| NURS90085 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| NURS90087 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| NURS90088 | Paediatric Nursing 2 | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| NURS90093 | Advanced Therapeutic Skills | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90094 | Neonatal Intensive Care | Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90101 | Mental Health Nursing Practice 1 | Semester 1 (Extended) (Online) |
6.25 |
| NURS90104 | Chronic Disease Management: Foundations |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90119 | Mental Health Nursing Practice 2 | Semester 2 (Extended) (Online) |
6.25 |
| NURS90121 | Foundations in Cancer Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90122 | Foundations of Critical Care Nursing |
April (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90138 | Radiation Oncology Nursing | September (Online) |
6.25 |
| NURS90139 | Haematology Nursing 1 | July (Online) |
6.25 |
| NURS90141 | Psychotherapy Essentials | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90142 | Alcohol, Other Drugs and Recovery | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90147 | Haematology Nursing 2 | September (Online) |
6.25 |
| NURS90149 | Emergency Nursing |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Online)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Online)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90151 | Intensive Care Nursing |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Online)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Online)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90152 | Critical Care Nursing | Semester 2 (Extended) (Online) |
12.5 |
Other Electives
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90741 | Effective Clinical Teaching |
January (Online)
February (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| EDUC90742 | Effective Clinical Supervision |
January (Online)
February (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| GENP90017 | Nurse Immuniser |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| GENP90021 | No longer available | ||
| HLTH90001 | Health Behaviour Change | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| HLTH90007 | Domestic and Family Violence | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| HLTH90008 | International Child and Family Welfare | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| HLTH90009 | Suicide Prevention | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| INFO90001 | Health Informatics Methods | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ISYS90069 | Digital Transformation of Health |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MEDI90085 | No longer available | ||
| MEDI90107 | Disaster Medicine Principles & Responses | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90108 | Terror Medicine Principles & Responses | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90109 | No longer available | ||
| MEDI90110 | Human Factors in Critical Care | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| No longer available | |||
| MEDI90111 | Advanced Toxicology and Terror | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| No longer available | |||
| NURS90105 | Chronic Disease Management: In Practice |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| PADM90024 | No longer available | ||
| 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 | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| POPH90260 | Ethics of Ageing and End of Life | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90302 | No longer available | ||
| PSYT90092 | Mental Health and Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| PSYT90097 | Engaging and Assessing Young People | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| PSYT90103 | Biological Interventions with Youth | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| PSYT90112 | Early Psychosis in Young People | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| REHB90001 | Foundations of Rehabilitation |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| REHB90002 | Rehabilitation Activity and Exercise |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| REHB90004 | Rehabilitation in the Acute Setting | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
| REHB90005 | Rehabilitation for Paediatrics | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| REHB90006 | Rehabilitation for Women's Health | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| SCWK90027 | Advanced Trauma Perspectives | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 27 March 2024