Overview
- Gain a strategic advantage and broaden your career options by studying the Advanced Practice specialisation. It allows you to tailor your studies by selecting from a variety of courses and explore different areas of nursing.
- If you are unsure what to specialise in or you鈥檙e transitioning from a clinical role into a more strategic or educational one, a broader qualification like this provides strong foundational skills for future specialisation and professional development through courses with both leadership and clinical focus.
- You can explore emergency nursing in isolated practices, perspectives of healthy aging, cultural perspectives in practice, person-centred dementia care, or broaden your career opportunities in clinical education and leadership roles in health and nursing.
- Without being locked into a speciality, graduates gain adaptability to emerging healthcare needs and challenges while developing flexibility across roles and healthcare environments.
Career outcomes
As a graduate, you鈥檒l emerge as a confident, knowledgeable and adaptable professional equipped to lead change, educate future clinicians and deliver high-quality care across diverse settings, including metropolitan, regional, rural, remote hospitals, community and public health areas, and aged care environments.
You鈥檒l gain skills which are essential for:
- becoming a nurse educator or commencing a career in academia
- conducting evidence-based practice improvements聽and research in practice
- leading health care teams in dynamic times of change
- managing health services and departments of nursing
- leading quality improvement initiatives using a health research approach to evidence-based care.
Individualised support
The individualised support has been the best things about my study experience so far. You really get to know your student cohort, lecturers, and examiners and they all get to know you.
Casey - Health
What you'll study
Explore the courses you'll study as part of this specialisation.
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Relevant degrees for this specialisation
Master of Nursing
Advance your nursing career by developing your knowledge and skills in a chosen specialisation, such as gerontology, clinical education, leadership, or rural health. Build expertise in data-based research and best practices, gain leadership skills, and benefit from flexible online and part-time course delivery.
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