C11116v4 Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing (GradCertN)UAC code: 942850 (Autumn semester)
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: Kuring-gai 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
Other information
Overview
This course prepares registered nurses to function as perioperative nurses in various health care settings.
Course aims
The course is designed to encourage the development of a perioperative nurse who is able to provide holistic, patient-centred care during anaesthesia, surgery and recovery. It promotes a deep understanding of complex perioperative issues as they relate to patient outcomes.
Career options
Career options include specialty perioperative nursing in day surgery settings, perioperative units and endoscopy suites.
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 normally 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 online at:
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
This course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis.
Course structure
Students are required to complete a total of 24 credit points of study, comprising three specified nursing subjects and one nursing elective.
There are structured work-based learning opportunities for employees of Northern Sydney Central Coast Health (NSCCH), North Shore Private Hospital and Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS). These students may undertake a Clinical Accreditation Program (CAP) with NSCCH or SSWAHS. This is at no cost to participants. Students who successfully complete a CAP are awarded an exemption from the Specialty Clinical Practice subject.
Course completion requirements
| 92881 Foundations of Perioperative Nursing | 6cp | |
| 92882 Techniques in Perioperative Nursing | 6cp | |
| Select one of the following: | 6cp | |
| 92869 Specialty Clinical Practice | 6cp | |
| STM90489 Clinical Accreditation Program (SSWAHS) | 6cp | |
| STM90490 Clinical Accreditation Program (NSCCH) | 6cp | |
| CBK90056 Nursing PG subjects | 6cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (C07044) and the Master of Nursing (C04228).
Other information
Further information is available from:
telephone +61 2 9514 1222 or +61 2 9514 5021
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
Course Coordinator
telephone +61 2 9514 5120
email Lois.Hamlin@uts.edu.au
www.nmh.uts.edu.au
