Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Re-Entry)

The Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Re-Entry) enables you to develop advanced knowledge and skills in order to return to work as a Registered Nurse.

This course will build on your existing theoretical, practical and research knowledge.

This course will include a five-day residential school and 160 hours of work-integrated learning which you will undertake after week 12.

On successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Re-Entry), you will be eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Referral by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency is a prerequisite for enrolment into the course.

Core Structure

Course Structure

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Core Structure

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Students must seek approval from the Head of Course to be enrolled full-time.

Students studying part-time must undertake the subjects in the following order: 1. NURS20160, 2. NURS20161, 3. NURS20162.

Students may study NURS20160 and NURS20161 together.

NURS20162 incorporates a 5-day residential school held at the end of the term. Students must complete residential school before attending work-integrated learning. Students who cannot participate in residential school must wait until the next term the unit is offered before they can attend residential school and work-integrated learning.

NURS20162 incorporates 160 hours of work-integrated learning which takes place after residential school at the end of the term. Dates of work-integrated learning are at the discretion of the health facility and students must be prepared for the placement to extend beyond the end of the term. Students may be required to travel to attend work-integrated learning.

To be eligible to graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Re-Entry) students must complete:

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Entry Scores

Entry Requirements

To be eligible to enrol in this course applicants must be referred by the AHPRA/NMBA to undertake "a board approved re-entry to practice program". A copy of this referral must be supplied with your application. NMBA/AHPRA referrals have an expiry date, therefore, applicants are responsible for ensuring they have sufficient time to complete the course (including work-integrated learning). For further information please refer to http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-and-Endorsement/reentry-to-practice.aspx

Domestic students from non-English speaking backgrounds may be required to undertake an academic IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum achievement of 7 across all bands and overall prior to undertaking their clinical placement. This is in order to meet Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council standard 5.6. At the discretion of the Head of Course, students may be referred to an internal English short course at their own expense. This is in order to meet Australia Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council standard 2.2.

Security Requirements

You will need to undertake the following security checks in order to complete clinical practice: 1. Working with Children Check (or evidence of AHPRA registration) 2. Australia Federal Police Check 3. Criminal Record Screening All completed checks must be uploaded to the SONIA database before Census date in the term that you are completing your clinical subject. Some of these security requirements may take many weeks to complete and it is essential that students commence this process as soon as possible. Please go to the following link for details on the security requirements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AUo5OVprk-dpHL0zgvp9Y_IhY_1A9PVFJxm-AIY-9Qk/edit These security requirements incur costs outside of the advertised course fees. Please refer to the following link for estimated pre-placement costs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mbnlevd3JEKVAJdHaLqrJJSArr8Wmw3SlaPlAAFSZZU/edit?usp=sharing Students who cannot meet these requirements by census date will be unenrolled from the course and may incur an academic and financial penalty.

Health Requirements

You will need to undertake the following health checks in order to complete clinical practice: 1. Vaccinations – please see the links below 2. CPR and First Aid Certificates, 3. Completion of Australian State Health documentation, 4. Manual Handling Competency All completed checks must be uploaded to the SONIA database before Census date in the term that you are completing your clinical subject. These health requirements incur costs outside of the advertised course fees. Please refer to the following link for estimated pre-placement costs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mbnlevd3JEKVAJdHaLqrJJSArr8Wmw3SlaPlAAFSZZU/edit?usp=sharing Some of these health requirements may take many weeks to complete and it is essential that students commence this process as soon as possible. Please go to the following link for details on the health requirements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AUo5OVprk-dpHL0zgvp9Y_IhY_1A9PVFJxm-AIY-9Qk/edit Students who cannot meet these requirements by census date will be unenrolled from the course and may incur an academic and financial penalty.

Assumed Knowledge

Students must seek permission from the Head of Course to be enrolled in full-time study. Part-time study does not require approval.

It is strongly recommended that students have computer literacy skills and can write in English at an academic level. Prior experience of online learning will be of benefit to students enrolled in this course.

Students are expected to commit to 12.5 hours per week, per unit, therefore, students who have multiple time commitments are strongly encouraged to study part-time.

Fees and Charges

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Core Learning Outcomes

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• Apply legal, ethical and clinical standards and frameworks to nursing practice
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• Evaluate the health impact of discrimination and the social determinants of health, particularly as they affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• 3.
• Implement an evidence-informed nursing care plan, prioritising for patient acuity
• 4.
• Use the principles of clinical leadership to delegate, communicate and create evidence-informed change
• 5.
• Demonstrate the safe and judicious administration of medications taking into account drug doses, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.