Overview
- Design your own nursing pathway with the Advanced Practice specialisation.
- Whether you're passionate about aged care, leadership, education, or health policy, you can select courses that align with your career goals.
- You could investigate how cultural beliefs and practices influence healthcare delivery, explore the complexities of palliative and end-of-life care, or prepare for leadership roles by enhancing your ability to lead change, mentor others, and improve clinical outcomes.
- This specialisation equips you with versatile skills that can be applied in various healthcare environments and is ideal if you are looking for flexibility and career mobility, want to explore specialist areas without committing to a single clinical area, or are seeking leadership, education or policy roles.
Career outcomes
As a graduate from the Advanced Practice specialisation, you’ll gain versatile skills that can be applied in various healthcare environments — hospitals, community health, aged care, education, and policy — and it can prepare you for roles, such as:
- nurse unit manager
- clinical nurse consultant
- clinical educator
- practice manager nurse, or
- health service administrator.
Diverse and challenging
Nursing is such a diverse and challenging career that can take you to so many different places and you can make such a difference in people’s lives.
Samuel - Nursing
What you'll study
Explore the courses you'll study as part of this specialisation.
Refer to the for detailed recommended enrolment patterns and course availability.
Relevant degrees for this specialisation
Graduate Diploma of Nursing
Advance your career in the nursing field, choosing a specialisation to suit your interests and experience. Learn to collaborate with healthcare professionals for optimal outcomes, enhance your leadership skills, and master strategic decision-making in a healthcare environment. Fit study into your life with part-time and online options while progressing your career.
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