C11109v6 Graduate Certificate in Nursing Management
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Nursing Management (GradCertN)UAC code: 942840 (Autumn semester)
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Articulation with UTS courses
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course is designed for nurses aspiring to management positions, as well as for those already holding such positions who wish to enhance their professional practice through formal study.
Course aims
The broad aims of the course are for students to be able to:
- explore and analyse the effects of changes in health care on their work role and environment
- effectively manage a nursing unit or division and its staff
- provide quality nursing care and staff leadership
- enhance interpersonal and organisational skills
- analyse the range of revenue sources available to governments for health care, and
- develop the skills and ability needed to promote an organisational culture that plans effectively for change.
Career options
The course covers all facets of modern nursing management. Career options include positions in the hospital setting and in other professional areas. The enhanced interpersonal and organisational skills graduates acquire in this course enable them to effectively manage a nursing unit or division and provide nursing care and staff leadership.
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.
It is desirable that applicants have had at least one year's full-time professional employment in nursing is desirable.
Applicants must submit a current curriculum vitae to UAC outlining details of their current and previous work experience.
Applicants who do not have their name on the online register of the relevant state nursing 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 UAC with a covering letter stating their full name, daytime telephone number and UAC application number.
Course duration and attendance
The Graduate Certificate in Nursing Management is offered on a one-year, part-time basis.
Course structure
Students must complete a total of 24 credit points of study, comprising four specified nursing subjects.
Course completion requirements
| 92603 Managing Quality, Risk and Cost in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92887 Organisational Management in Health Care | 6cp | |
| 92932 Management for Clinicians | 6cp | |
| 92050 Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care | 6cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (C07044) and the Master of Nursing (C04228).
Professional recognition
Australian College of Health Service Executives (ACHSE)
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
www.nmh.uts.edu.au
