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Course structure
The Master of Advanced Nursing Practice requires the successful completion of 100 credit points.
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.
All students must complete:
Compulsory requirements
- 25 credit points of compulsory subjects
- 25 credit points of capstone subjects
Remaining 50 credit points
Coursework option
- 50 credit points of core selective and elective subjects including
- A minimum of 12.5 credit points of core selective subject
OR
Research option
- 25 credit points of compulsory subject
- 12.5 credit points of core selective subject
- 12.5 credit points of elective subject
Subject Options
Compulsory Requirements
Compulsory subjects
Students must complete all of the compulsory subjects (25 credit points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90069 | Clinical Leadership in Context | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - 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 credit points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90070 | Implementing Evidence for Practice | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90120 | Evidence in Practice | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Coursework Option
Core selective subjects
Students must undertake one of the following subjects (12.5 credit points)
| 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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Students must complete three elective subjects (37.5 credit points) as listed under the Elective subjects table.
Research Option
Compulsory subject
Students must complete the below compulsory subject (25 credit points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURS90026 | Independent Study Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Core selective subjects
Students must undertake one of the following core selective research subjects (12.5 credit points)
| 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) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Students must complete one elective subject (12.5 credit points) as listed under the Elective subjects table.
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)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| NURS90072 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Context | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90075 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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 | Foundations in Paediatric Nursing | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90085 | Foundations in Paediatric Critical Care | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90087 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing | Semester 2 (Extended) (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90088 | Paediatric Nursing | Semester 2 (Extended) (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90093 | Advanced Therapeutic Skills | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| NURS90094 | Neonatal Intensive Care | Semester 2 (Extended) (Online) |
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 |
| NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
January (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
Other Electives
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| EDUC90742 | Effective Clinical Supervision |
January (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| GENP90017 | Nurse Immuniser |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| GENP90021 | Preventive Health Care |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| 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 | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| HLTH90009 | Suicide Prevention | Term 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| INFO90001 | Digital Health and Informatics Methods |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| ISYS90069 | Digital Transformation of Health |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MEDI90085 | Supportive Care and Palliative Care | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90107 | Disaster Medicine Principles & Responses | January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90108 | Terror Medicine Principles & Responses | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90109 | Managing Complex Disasters | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90110 | Human Factors in Critical Care | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90111 | Advanced Toxicology and Terror | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NURS90105 | Chronic Disease Management: In Practice |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| PADM90024 | Clinical Leadership During Crises | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
| POPH90260 | No longer available | ||
| POPH90264 | Global Population Ageing | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| POPH90302 | Introduction to Health Services Research | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 2024 | 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 |
| EDUC90741 | Effective Clinical Teaching |
January (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 5 September 2024