Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing

Edith Cowan University

If youre working as a nurse clinician this graduate diploma will enhance your skills in your specialist area of health care Better still you can continue working in that area while you studyThe course has three core units evidencebased practice and research nursing cultural studies and evaluating practice in healthcareSpecialisations include Children and Young Peoples Nursing Clinical Education Contemporary Care of the Older Person Primary Health CareCompletion of this Graduate Diploma provides you credit towards our related Masters degreeSpecialisations you can study in this courseChildren and Young Peoples NursingClinical EducationContemporary Care of the Older PersonPrimary Health CareCourse learning outcomesCommunicate specialised knowledge concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in the chosen field of nursing practiceApply independent judgement when reviewing analysing and evaluating complex nursing problems to generate creative solutionsDemonstrate professional clinical management skills by initiating planning implementing and evaluating nursing care within a chosen field of practiceCareer OpportunitiesDepending on your chosen specialisation your opportunities are many and varied For example if you study Children and Young Peoples Nursing you could expect employment in neonatal and paediatric hospital wards and even in schools or government departments Likewise if you study Contemporary Care of the Older Person this will open opportunities in aged care facilities and clinical areas that work with older peoplePossible future job titlesClinical Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist Staff Development Nurse