Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing)

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Are you a practising Registered nurse ready to advance your nursing career? The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing) will allow you to select a relevant area to research so you can formalise your specialised knowledge in your chosen field. You can enrol in this course if you have completed a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing. Contact us today to discuss your options.

• Why study this degree?

  Are you a senior nurse with a thesis subject you wish to research and specialise in? Taking a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, or Master of Nursing is an excellent career pathway for Registered Nurses who want to formalise their qualifications or develop specialist knowledge in a particular area of healthcare.

  You can complete our Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing) over two semesters of part-time study once you have completed the four Certificate and four Diploma courses. If you do not have a nursing degree, we will consider your accumulated experience when enrolling.

  A research supervisor will assist you in choosing a thesis subject relevant to your specialist area of nursing practice. The supervisor will oversee the project to its completion. Call our postgraduate coordinator to discuss your options.

• Program summary

  You will choose a research area relevant to your specialty of nursing practice.

  Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

• Entry requirements

  The program is open to you if you are a Registered Nurse who has a previous degree or you have accumulated a wealth of experience in nursing but do not have a degree.

  English Language Requirements

  You must be able to demonstrate two years of full-time secondary, vocational or tertiary level of study in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or the United States of America. If you do not meet these requirements you will need to sit the Academic IELTS exam and achieve a score of at least 7.0 overall and 7.0 in each sub-section (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to qualify for entry into the Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing). This applies to Permanent Residents and Australian citizens whose first language is not English and have not completed two years full-time academic study in Australia. IELTS results will need to be verified by the Admissions Office before an offer of a place can be made. The Admissions Office reserves the right to ask for IELTS results from any applicant. For more information, please visit www.ielts.org

• Learning outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing), graduates will be able to:

  1. Analyse and interpret nursing scenarios to provide evidence based quality practice
  2. Use reflective practice techniques in a range of learning activities to promote professional practice
  3. Apply leadership and collaborative skills within an interprofessional health care environment
  4. Apply concepts of global, medico-legal, social and cultural diversity
  5. Identify the distinguishing characteristics of nursing research in terms of purposes, underlying assumptions and available methodologies
  6. Explore the principal paradigms employed in health and nursing research and differentiate between them in terms of their epistemological bases, their respective strengths and limitations in addressing different types of research
  7. Formulate questions amenable to research and align those questions to appropriate research designs, data collection procedures, techniques and data analysis
  8. Critique examples of research studies and models, identifying strengths and limitations of design that might threaten the internal validity and generalisability (external validity) of the findings
  9. Identify the important ethical or other issues when conducting nursing research and apply value appropriate safeguards to the interests of all stake-holders involved a research project; and
  10. Apply advanced technical skills and reflective practice within the domain of nursing research.

• Career opportunities

  With a Master of Nursing (Clinical Nursing), you can pursue careers as a nurse unit manager, nurse practitioner, nurse educator, and clinical nurse.

• Real-world experience

  You will learn from our academics, who are leaders in their field. There are no practicum requirements for this program.

• Fees and costs

  This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:

  
  

  FEE-HELP
  The FEE-HELP loan scheme assists eligible fee-paying students with the payment of all, or part, of their tuition fees, not including additional study costs such as accommodation or textbooks. Your FEE-HELP debt will be indexed each year in line with the Consumer Price Index.

  
  

  For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees Page.

• More information

  Considering your uni options?

  Talk to one of our career advisors for a personalised advice session. Our advisors provide support while choosing a program of study and completing our application process. Book my session.

  
  

  For more information, please call our Prospective Students Office on +61 8 9433 0533 or email future@nd.edu.au.

  
  

  For more information, please email studyonline@nd.edu.au.