Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency)

• Apply theory to practice in your hospital, supported by nursing experts.
• Gain advanced skills to assess, prioritise, and manage critically ill or injured patients.
• Graduates may be eligible for further study

Critical care nursing in an emergency environment requires specialised skills, knowledge and expertise to effectively assess, prioritise and manage patients presenting with undifferentiated illness or injury.

Delivered through a highly flexible, mixed delivery mode and work-integrated learning model, with an emphasis on learning through supervised clinical practice, the Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency) will arm you with the skills and evidence-based knowledge needed to provide specialist care in high-pressure constantly changing emergency department environment.

You will gain essential knowledge and enhance your problem-solving and clinical skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the provision of care for patients with complex care requirements using evidence-based and scientific approaches. You will become a confident communicator with the ability to ensure safe practice and support within an inter-professional team.

Who is the Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency) for?

This course is for currently practicing registered nurses working in an emergency department setting who are interested in specialising in emergency nursing.

Why study the Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency)?

The Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency) equips you with the specialised skills, knowledge, and expertise required to effectively assess, prioritise, and manage patients presenting with undifferentiated illness or injury in the high-pressure, constantly changing emergency department environment. Through a highly flexible, mixed delivery mode and work-integrated learning model, with an emphasis on learning through supervised clinical practice, you will gain essential knowledge, enhance your problem-solving and clinical skills, and become a confident communicator capable of ensuring safe practice and support within an inter-professional team.

This course aims to provide you with a sound understanding of core concepts relating to acute illnesses, diseases, and trauma in critical care, as well as the theoretical knowledge and scientific advances that underpin the management of patients requiring specialist emergency care.

Is there a difference between Emergency Nursing and Critical Care Nursing (Emergency)?

Generally, they mean the same thing, with degrees called different names by various universities and countries. The University of Melbourne offers a Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency).

Courses related to the Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency)

The University of Melbourne also offers the following courses:

Master of Advanced Nursing Practice

Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing