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Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing

Speciality Classification
Nurses
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Time / Duration
1 Year Part-time
Provider
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
Intakes
January & July

Course overview

The Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing enables students to develop specialist knowledge and skills required of a nurse in a variety of critical care areas, including coronary care, emergency departments and intensive care. This course fosters both academic and clinical competence enabling students to integrate theory into practice and further develop clinical decision making skills. Comprehensive multidisciplinary team approach is advocated to manage and support critically ill patients and their family. This course enables nurses to develop their professional autonomy and provide leadership within their chosen area of critical care nursing.

Students complete 4 units of study – 3 cores and 1 specialty elective.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed for registered nurses wishing to further their education in the practice of critical care nursing. It enables students to:

  • Develop a sound theoretical base for specialist nursing practice in a dynamic, complex and demanding critical care environment
  • Apply specialist level of clinical skills and abilities to optimise person-centred care delivery for critical ill people
  • Analyse complex clinical problems using critical thinking, evolved reasoning informed by national and international best practice guidelines
  • Discuss legal, ethical and cultural concepts related to providing holistic health care in a safe and cohesive critical care environment
  • Evaluate critical care leadership and mentoring processes which enable dissemination of knowledge, enhancement of skills and participation in collaborative research and lifelong learning
  • Critically analyse own role in fostering reflective practice and effective communication for continuous improvement of standards and quality in critical care

Career outcomes

A Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing is an investment in your future and will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure better outcomes for your patients and progress your career, leading to opportunities in clinical education, management and specialist nursing roles.

Course Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing is a one year course, consisting of four 10-week terms. 3 specialty streams are available: Cardiac, Emergency and Intensive Care. In each stream students will need to complete 4 units – 3 core and 1 specialty elective. One unit is studied per term. Approximate hours of study are 12 – 15 hours per week.


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Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

Admission to GC courses is based on academic merit and selection. In addition, applicants must satisfy any prerequisites or additional requirements specified for particular courses, including ACN’s general eligibility criteria.

All applicants seeking admission are required to:

  • hold a Bachelor of Nursing or registered nurse* equivalent qualification
  • hold current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); or the equivalent registering authority in your country of origin
  • meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia English language skills registration standard (nursing and midwifery) – please refer to the AHPRA website to download the standard
  • have a minimum of one year of postgraduate experience; and
  • be currently employed in the clinical area of specialisation*

*For some GC units of study, consideration may be given for applicants who are not registered nurses on an individual basis.

*The below courses contain a compulsory clinical placement component and do not require applicants to be employed in the clinical area of specialisation:

  • Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health
  • Graduate Certificate in Stomal Therapy Nursing
  • Graduate Certificate in Dermatology Nursing
Type
Delivery
Title
Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing
Speciality Classification
Location
Provider Type
Education Provider
Intakes
January & July
Time / Duration
1 Year Part-time
Price Details
ACN offers several courses in different price tiers. ACN offers a flexible payment option to pay fees on a term-by-term basis. FEE-HELP is available for eligible students. For fee information, please visit ACN's website by clicking 'Explore now'.
Benefits
Fee Help Available
Location
Online
Price:
ACN offers several courses in different price tiers. ACN offers a flexible payment option to pay fees on a term-by-term basis. FEE-HELP is available for eligible students. For fee information, please visit ACN's website by clicking 'Explore now'.
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