*Please Note: Further specialisations are offered in the Graduate Certificate of Clinical Nursing via ACU Online*

GradCertClinNurs

Credit points

40

Minimum duration

 1 year part-time

Approved locations

  • Other

Note:

Nationally, Online


EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing, an applicant must have:

  1. have completed a Bachelor of Nursing degree or equivalent;
  2. hold current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); and
  3. be employed in a substantive position in their chosen specialisation unless approved otherwise by the Course Coordinator.

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2023 Admission.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 20 cp from Specified units (Part A)
  2. 20 cp from Specialisation units (Part B)

Students need to remain employed in the specialty nursing area while studying the x4 clinical nursing units (Graduate Certificate level) unless approved otherwise by the Course Coordinator.

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator. Schedule of Unit Offerings.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

  • ANTHAnaesthetics20 CP
  • CDRECardiac Care20 CP
  • CARDCardiothoracics20 CP
  • CDHLCardiothoracics and Heart/Lung Transplant Nursing20 CP
  • CAHLChild and Adolescent Health20 CP
  • EMNUEmergency20 CP
  • INCAIntensive Care20 CP
  • IVCDInterventional Cardiology20 CP

    Not offered in 2023

  • NEONNeonatal Care20 CP
  • NEURNeuroscience20 CP
  • ONCLOncology20 CP
  • ORTHOrthopaedics20 CP
  • PALLPalliative Care20 CP
  • PERIPerioperative20 CP
  • PLORPlastics/Orthopaedics20 CP
  • PLREPlastics Reconstruction20 CP
  • SPNLSpinal Care20 CP

    Not offered in 2023

  • SURGSurgical20 CP

The following specialisations are offered in the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing via ACU Online :

  • Correctional Health
  • Gerontological Nursing
  • Medical
  • Renal
  • Surgical

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


Commencing Semester 1

  • Clinical Nursing UnitsNRSG633Clinical Nursing

    Only those students undertaking fully online study should enrol in NRSG633 and NRSG635 at ACU. The clinical nursing units (NRSG633 and NRSG635) may be offered through your healthcare facility (HCF). Do not enrol in these units at ACU if you are undertaking the postgraduate program with one of our HCF affiliated partners unless directed to do so. Please discuss this with your Course Coordinator or your HCF educator if required.

    10 cp
  • SpecialisationsNRSG636 Foundations of Specialty Practice 1 10 cp
  • Clinical Nursing UnitsNRSG635Extended Clinical Nursing

    Only those students undertaking fully online study should enrol in NRSG633 and NRSG635 at ACU. The clinical nursing units (NRSG633 and NRSG635) may be offered through your healthcare facility (HCF). Do not enrol in these units at ACU if you are undertaking the postgraduate program with one of our HCF affiliated partners unless directed to do so. Please discuss this with your Course Coordinator or your HCF educator if required. (Pre: NRSG633)

    10 cp
  • Specialisations NRSG637 Foundations of Specialty Practice 2

    (Pre: NRSG636)

    10 cp

All units are delivered in Online Unscheduled mode, unless otherwise indicated in the map.

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Commencing Semester 2

All units are delivered in Online Unscheduled mode, unless otherwise indicated in the map.

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

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