Certificate
Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice (Rural Critical Care)
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Course description
The Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice (Rural Critical Care) is a 50 credit point, part-time, clinical coursework program of one year's duration. Students typically take four 12.5 credit point subjects across a year. Admission is based on a Bachelor of Nursing degree (or equivalent training), at least one year of clinical experience in an acute care setting within the five years prior to applying for the course, and current employment and clinical support in a Rural Critical care work environment.
The course delivers theoretical content through a combination of online study and face-to-face course delivery at the partner hospital for the clinical speciality. The students’ employing hospital provides clinical practice in a hospital setting.
Students complete 50 credit points of study part-time, over a year, commencing in January with an online subject, completing a face-to-face subject at the partner hospital each semester and a supervised clinical practice subject at their employing hospital across the whole study period.
To graduate from the Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice (Rural Critical Care) requires successful completion of 4 x 12.5 point subjects. Applied Pathophysiology is a pre-requisite subject and must be successfully completed to allow enrolment in the other course subjects.
Subject study periods
Subject | Study Period | Start Date | End Date |
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Applied Pathophysiology | Summer Term | 7 January 2019 | 1 March 2019 |
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Applied Pathophysiology | Term 3 | 22 July 2019 | 15 September 2019 |
Rural Critical Care Nursing 1 | March | 11 March 2019 | 7 June 2019 |
Rural Critical Care Nursing Practice | Year long | 11 March 2019 | 27 October 2019 |
Rural Critical Care Nursing 2 | Semester 2 | 22 July 2019 | 27 October 2019 |
Study days
Please note: Some of the subjects run concurrently and share study days. On these shared study days a mix of both subjects are taught.
Venue
Lectures will be located at either:
- Elsie Jones Education Centre, Goulburn Valley Health, Graham St, Shepperton VIC, 3630 or
- Margaret Boyd Education Centre, Northeast Health Wangaratta, Green St, Wangaratta, VIC, 3677
Subject | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 |
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Rural Critical Care Nursing 1 | 13 March 2019 8am-5:30pm | 27 March 2019 8am-5:30pm | 10 April 2019 8am-5:30pm | 1 May 2019 8am-5:30pm | 15 May 2019 8am-5:30pm | 29 May 2019 8am-5:30pm | N/A | N/A |
Rural Critical Care Nursing 2 | 31 July 2019 | 14 August 2019 | 28 August 2019 | 11 Sept 2019 | 2 Oct 2019 | 16 Oct 2019 | N/A | N/A |
Rural Critical Care Nursing Practice | 4 March 2019 | 5 March 2019 | 13 March 2019 | 27 March 2019 | 1 May 2019 | 29 May 2019 | 31 July 2019 | 16 Oct 2019 |
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