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Overview
Early graduation options
You may be able to graduate sooner with:
- Complete in 3 semesters full-time or 6 semesters part-time.
- Align your study with your career goals by selecting a clinical, research or professional pathway.
- Prepare for leadership roles and meet advanced practice competencies.
- Domestic students can specialise in: acute care nursing; ageing and dementia studies; cancer nursing; emergency nursing; intensive care nursing; paediatric, child and youth health nursing; professional studies; or women’s health.
- International students can specialise in: ageing and dementia studies; professional studies; or women's health.
| QUT course code | NS85 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 1.5 years full-time
3 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
| Delivery |
On campus
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| CRICOS code | 012644J |
Details
The Master of Nursing allows students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in nursing practice and prepare for leadership roles in specialist areas of health care. This course meets advanced practice competencies that have been established by key professional nursing organisations and specialty nursing groups. Students can align their study with their career goals by selecting to complete a clinical, research or professional pathway.
Course structure
This course offers a variety of career pathways for nurses working in diverse settings and provides opportunities for in-depth study for advanced competence in selected areas of nursing practice.
Students in the masters program complete four core units from an area of interest. In addition, students elect to undertake their studies in one of three pathway options—clinical, professional, or research. This allows students to tailor their study program to individual professional development needs.
Study areas
The following study areas are offered to domestic students:
- Acute Care Nursing
- Ageing and Dementia Studies
- Cancer Nursing
- Emergency Nursing
- Intensive Care Nursing
- Paediatric, Child and Youth Health Nursing
- Professional Studies
- Women’s Health.
The following study areas are offered to international students in the Graduate Diploma and Master of Nursing:
- Ageing and Dementia Studies
- Professional Studies
- Women's Health.
Acute Care Nursing
Students complete studies in advanced health assessment and nursing practice, issues and trends in acute care nursing, and critically analyse the advanced concepts that underpin this specialist area. Students will initiate plans of care to address common needs/problems experienced by clients.
Ageing and Dementia Studies
This study area provides opportunities to engage in theoretical and practical knowledge in aged care issues, assessment skills, palliative care and dementia studies. Students examine major issues and trends in health areas affecting older people.
Cancer Nursing
Students develop competency in the practice of cancer nursing, examine major issues and trends in cancer nursing scholarship and practice, plan appropriate strategies/intervention for client care and develop an understanding of research applied to cancer nursing practice.
Emergency Nursing
Students study the key issues and develop skills in patient assessment, planning and implementation of nursing care in the emergency area.
Intensive Care Nursing
Students explore the theoretical, conceptual and practical knowledge required to provide effective nursing care for diverse and complex critically ill patients in the intensive care unit, an increasingly complex technological environment.
Paediatric, Child and Youth Health Nursing
This program is designed for nurses working in acute or community settings to develop competency in the practice of paediatric nursing or child and youth health nursing. Students will examine major issues and trends in nursing scholarship and practice, and develop an understanding of research in this area.
Professional Studies
Students complete a program of study relevant to their professional development needs. The program is designed to extend and enhance nursing knowledge and skills, build confidence and leadership skills, provide a forum for critical examination of contemporary nursing, and foster an understanding of nursing under the broader umbrella of health care.
Women’s Health
Students will engage in theoretical and practical knowledge in women’s health issues, sexual and reproductive health, and the screening and early detection of breast, cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers. The program will examine major issues and trends in health areas affecting women including chronic illness and mental health problems.
Units
Course structure
These courses offer a variety of career pathways for nurses working in diverse settings and provide opportunities for in-depth study for advanced competence in selected areas of nursing practice. The three courses fully articulate and applicants may choose to enter at the graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters level.
The Graduate Certificate allows students to complete four core units from their selected area of nursing practice.
Students in the Graduate Diploma and Masters programs also complete four core units from an area of interest. In addition, students elect to undertake their studies in one of three pathway options—clinical, professional, or research. This allows students to tailor their study program to individual professional development needs.
All course structures
Entry requirements
NS85 Master of Nursing
An applicant must be:
• registered as a nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• have gained a degree in nursing (or equivalent) from a recognised institution
• meet any additional requirements for the study area chosen.
Applicants must provide original or certified documentary evidence for each entry requirement. For example: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or equivalent registration; Nursing academic qualifications (if not awarded by QUT), that is, an award certificate and academic transcripts; and a supervisor signed letter or a statement of service to confirm your post-registration experience and your current employment position (where required for a study area).
All applicants should also complete and submit the Postgraduate nursing questionnaire to accompany their application.
Entry requirements for specific study areas are as follows:
Acute Care Nursing
Applicants must be employed in an acute practice setting for the duration of the course. Students are required to undertake workplace-based clinical experience in this setting as part of the course requirements.
Cancer Nursing
Applicants for the Cancer Nursing study area must normally be working at least 0.6 FTE in the practice setting relevant to cancer nursing. Students not working within these settings may be required to undertake additional supernumerary clinical experience to meet the requirements of the course.
Emergency Nursing
Applicants for the Emergency Nursing study area must be working at least 0.6 FTE in an emergency facility.
Intensive Care Nursing
Applicants for the Intensive Care study area be working at least 0.6 FTE in a level two or three intensive care facility.
Paediatric, Child and Youth Health Nursing
Students undertaking this study area will specialise in paediatric nursing or child and youth health nursing.
Applicants for the paediatric specialisation must be working at least 0.6 FTE in a paediatric setting.
Applicants wishing to specialise in child and youth health nursing do not need to be working in this area to undertake the course, however they will be required to undertake a clinical practicum.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2013: $7,800 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Master of Nursing
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 362.47 KB)
