| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-31 | - |
| 2024-07-15 | - |
Program Overview
The Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) empowers advanced practice clinicians to become nurse practitioners, enabling them to work independently and collaboratively in Australian healthcare settings. The program provides knowledge, skills, and practical experience through clinical simulation facilities and expert teaching staff. Graduates are eligible for registration as nurse practitioners with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, contributing to healthcare policy and direction.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Our Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) will enable you to build on your experience as an advanced practice clinician to develop the knowledge and skills to become a nurse practitioner, working autonomously and collaboratively in a variety of healthcare settings in Australia.
Objectives:
The program aims to equip graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills to become registered nurse practitioners in Australia, enabling them to work autonomously and collaboratively in various healthcare settings.
Program Description:
This postgraduate coursework degree is designed for registered nurses working at an advanced practice level who are looking to build specialist professional practice capabilities leading to endorsement as a nurse practitioner. Graduates will be recognized as having advanced knowledge relevant to the nurse practitioner application with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Teaching:
- Teaching Staff: You'll learn from highly respected nursing practitioners and researchers. Many of our staff work in frontline healthcare services, making a real difference to the healthcare landscape in Australia and internationally.
- Clinical Experience: Our students gain practical, hands-on experience in dedicated clinical simulation facilities on the Westmead Campus and in the Susan Wakil Health Building on the Camperdown Campus.
- Facilities: You will learn in our state-of-the-art Susan Wakil Health Building, with access to brand new clinical simulation teaching spaces, research facilities, a multi-service clinic and a brand new library.
Careers:
- Career Paths: Offered only at a master's level, completion of our Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) will make you eligible to apply for authorisation as a nurse practitioner in Australia, graduating with the skills and expertise to make a substantial contribution to future healthcare policy and direction.
- Professional Accreditation: Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as a nurse practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Other:
- Course Structure: You will complete core units according to a prescribed course of study, along with a professional practice capstone and 300 hours of supernumerary integrated professional practice.
- Professional Practice: Throughout the course of the degree, students will need to submit evidence of 300 advanced professional practice hours reflective of Supernumerary Integrated Professional Practice (SIPP).
- Capstone: Students in their final year of study will undertake two units of study (one of which is a capstone) that are designed to provide you with an opportunity to draw together the learning that has taken place during the award, synthesize this with their prior learning and experience, and draw conclusions that will form the basis for further investigation and intellectual and/or professional growth.
