C04228v1 Master of Nursing
Award(s): Master of Nursing (MN)UAC code: 942825 (Management major) (Autumn semester), 942826 (Education major) (Autumn semester), 942827 (Nurse Practitioner major) (Autumn semester), 942828 (Advanced Nursing Practice major) (Autumn semester), 945825 (Management major) (Spring semester), 945826 (Education major) (Spring semester), 945827 (Nurse Practitioner major) (Spring semester), 945828 (Advanced Nursing Practice major) (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 055628J
Load credit points: 72
Course EFTSL: 1.5
Location: Kuring-gai campus
Note(s)
This course has a mid-year intake.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
This course is designed to provide registered nurses with a wide range of options to further their study in the field of nursing. Students gain the knowledge, expertise and competencies required for advanced clinical practice in one of many clinical specialty areas, or may pursue education or management. This course also provides eligible students with the opportunity to complete a nurse practitioner major (international students must undertake the management major or the education major).
Students can customise their program to meet personal learning needs or workplace requirements in order to further their career, with sub-majors available in acute care nursing, anaesthetics and recovery room nursing, children's nursing, clinical management, clinical teaching, critical care nursing, mental health nursing, neonatal nursing, neuroscience nursing and perioperative nursing.
Course aims
This course aims to:
- develop the student's career as an advanced clinician, manager, educator or nurse practitioner
- extend and enhance existing skills
- help build confidence and leadership skills
- provide academic experience and qualification, and
- enhance career prospects.
Career options
Career options include advanced clinical practice, nursing management, nursing education or nurse practitioner positions in both clinical and community areas.
Admission requirements
Applicants should be registered nurses with an Australian bachelor's degree in nursing or an equivalent tertiary qualification. Registered nurses who do not have an undergraduate diploma or degree but do have recent relevant work experience and can demonstrate the capacity to undertake tertiary study may also be considered eligible.
Applicants are expected to have concurrent employment in or access to the area of specialty and at least one year's full-time professional employment in nursing is desirable.
Applicants must submit a CV (maximum 3500 words) describing:
- reasons for undertaking a postgraduate course within the faculty
- type of roles undertaken in current and previous employment
- details of current and previous work experience.
CVs can be lodged at:
Applicants who do not have their name on the online register of the relevant state nursing/midwifery registration board (e.g. the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW: www.nmb.nsw.gov.au) must provide a correctly verified copy of their registration to the Universities Admission Centre (UAC) with a covering letter stating their full name, daytime telephone number and UAC application number.
Applicants to the Nurse Practitioner major need to demonstrate additional requirements. Further information is available in the following downloadable PDF files:
- www.nmh.uts.edu.au/handbook/mn-nurse-prac-info.pdf
- www.nmh.uts.edu.au/handbook/statement-employment.pdf
- www.nmh.uts.edu.au/handbook/verification-advanced-practice.pdf
Course duration and attendance
The Master of Nursing is offered on a one-and-a-half-year full-time, or three-year part-time basis.
Course structure
Students must complete a total of 72 credit points (12 subjects). The course comprises one major (in advanced nursing practice, education, management or nurse practitioner), one sub-major (in a clinical specialty, clinical teaching, or clinical management), and eight subjects including both core subjects and electives.
Course completion requirements
| Select one of the following: | 72cp | |
| STM90595 Domestic students | 72cp | |
| STM90596 International students | 72cp | |
| Total | 72cp |
Course program
Below are examples of course programs for each major. In the Advanced Nursing Practice major, the Critical Care Nursing sub-major has been selected as an example. In the Nurse Practitioner major, the Mental Health sub-major has been chosen as an example.
| Education major and Clinical Teaching sub-major, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6cp | |
| 92713 Health Breakdown | 6cp | |
| CBK90056 Nursing PG subjects | 6cp | |
| 92848 Facilitation of Clinical Learning | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92607 Education for Practice Development | 6cp | |
| 92869 Specialty Clinical Practice | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| 92790 Evidence-Based Practice | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 12 credit points from the following options: | 12cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92721 Health Promotion and Health Education | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92612 Research in Nursing | 6cp | |
| CBK90148 Education PG subjects | 6cp | |
| Management major and Nursing Management sub-major, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92050 Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92932 Management for Clinicians | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92887 Organisational Management in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92603 Managing Quality, Risk and Cost in Health Care | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92790 Evidence-Based Practice | 6cp | |
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 12 credit points from the following options: | 12cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92847 Planning and Evaluating Health Services | 6cp | |
| 22747 Accounting for Managerial Decisions | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92612 Research in Nursing | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Nurse Practitioner major and Mental Health sub-major, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92604 Mental Health Assessment | 6cp | |
| 92876 Therapeutic Interventions in Mental Health Care | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92605 Therapeutic Interventions in Mental Health Care 2 | 6cp | |
| 92869 Specialty Clinical Practice | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| 92790 Evidence-Based Practice | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92612 Research in Nursing | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90511 Electives | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92608 Advanced Assessment and Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| 92609 Pharmacological Therapies in Advanced Practice | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92610 Law, Ethics and Accountability in Advanced Practice | 6cp | |
| 92611 Complex Case Management | 6cp | |
| Education major and Clinical Teaching sub-major, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6cp | |
| 92713 Health Breakdown | 6cp | |
| CBK90056 Nursing PG subjects | 6cp | |
| 92848 Facilitation of Clinical Learning | 6cp | |
| 92790 Evidence-Based Practice | 6cp | |
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92607 Education for Practice Development | 6cp | |
| 92612 Research in Nursing | 6cp | |
| 92869 Specialty Clinical Practice | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92721 Health Promotion and Health Education | 6cp | |
| CBK90148 Education PG subjects | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following options: | 12cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Management major and Nursing Management sub-major, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92050 Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92932 Management for Clinicians | 6cp | |
| 92790 Evidence-Based Practice | 6cp | |
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92603 Managing Quality, Risk and Cost in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92887 Organisational Management in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92612 Research in Nursing | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92847 Planning and Evaluating Health Services | 6cp | |
| 22747 Accounting for Managerial Decisions | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following options: | 12cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Advanced Nursing Practice major and Critical Care sub-major, PT | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92713 Health Breakdown | 6cp | |
| 92918 Fundamentals of Critical Care Nursing | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92919 Complex Critical Care | 6cp | |
| 92869 Specialty Clinical Practice | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92606 Issues in Australian Health Services | 6cp | |
| 92790 Evidence-Based Practice | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 12 credit points from the following options: | 12cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92608 Advanced Assessment and Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following options: | 6cp | |
| CBK90510 Electives | 18cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92612 Research in Nursing | 6cp | |
| 92894 Advanced Clinical Practice | 6cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
While the Master of Nursing is offered as a stand-alone qualification, it is also part of an articulated program of study comprising many of the graduate certificates offered by UTS: Nursing, Midwifery and Health, and the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (C07044).
Other information
Further information is available from:
telephone +61 2 9514 1222 or +61 2 9514 5021
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
and the coordinator, Nurse Practitioner major:
