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QUT's School of Nursing has an established reputation as a provider of postgraduate programs that recognise and respond to priorities in clinical nursing practice and prepare professionals for specialist and leadership positions.
In consultation with industry partners, the school has recently reviewed its postgraduate programs to ensure continued alignment with industry's need for graduates who demonstrate nursing leadership and advanced practice skills. The comprehensive clinical content of the programs now also embraces the socio-political aspects of contemporary nursing practice.
Our programs offer students a supportive, flexible learning environment that integrates online technologies and promotes a socially collaborative community.
The Master of Nursing prepares students for leadership roles in specialist areas of health care. Students in this program can opt to major in one study area or choose to complete a cross-specialisation by selecting units from a variety of study areas. Students choose a thesis or project pathway.
Flexible delivery
This course is delivered in full-time and part-time study mode. Students can choose to complete the course online (external) or on campus. External students are supported with an extensive learning package of electronic resources.
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Academic entry requirements
A completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher award) in nursing; and
Registration as a nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
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This course offers a variety of career pathways for nurses working in diverse settings and provides opportunities for in-depth study for advanced competence in selected areas of nursing practice.
Students in the masters program complete a specialised study area or a cross-specialisation of units. All students undertake research studies by choosing a project or thesis pathway. Additional electives are available to students undertaking the project pathway.
Study areas
The following study areas are offered to domestic students:
acute care nursing
cancer nursing
chronic health conditions
emergency nursing
intensive care nursing
paediatric, child and youth health nursing.
Alternatively, students may undertake a cross-specilisation of studies.
Acute care nursing
Students complete studies in advanced health assessment and nursing practice, issues and trends in acute care nursing, and critically analyse the advanced concepts that underpin this specialist area. Students will initiate plans of care to address common needs/problems experienced by clients.
You must be currently working at least 0.5 FTE (full-time equivalent) in a setting where acutely ill patients are encountered. Examples include, but are not limited to, acute medical-surgical, rehabilitation, orthopaedic, community and residential, general practice, renal and chronic care settings.
Cancer nursing
Students develop competency in the practice of cancer nursing, examine major issues and trends in cancer nursing scholarship and practice, plan appropriate strategies/intervention for client care and develop an understanding of research applied to cancer nursing practice.
You must be currently working at least 0.5 FTE (full-time equivalent) in a setting where care is delivered to cancer patients. Examples include medical and radiation oncology, haematology, medical-surgical, community and aged care residential settings.
Chronic health conditions
This course draws on expertise from a number of health disciplines and meets the needs of nurses who want to gain specific skills for more advanced practice opportunities, especially those working with patients who may have a range of chronic health conditions.
It also focuses on prevention and promotion of health to prevent or delay the onset of chronic health conditions.
Emergency nursing
Students explore the key issues, trends, and challenges in emergency nursing scholarship and develop an understanding of research applied to emergency nursing practice. Students develop skills in patient assessment, planning, and implementation of health care in the emergency area.
You must:
be currently working at least 0.5 FTE (full-time equivalent) in an emergency setting; and
have a minimum of three months FTE (full-time equivalent) experience in an emergency setting.
Intensive care nursing
Students explore the theoretical, conceptual and practical knowledge required to provide effective nursing care for diverse and complex critically ill patients in the intensive care unit, an increasingly complex technological environment.
You must:
be currently working at least 0.5 FTE in a level II (two) or III (three) intensive care unit, as defined by the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM), Minimum Standards for Intensive Care Units; or as accredited by the CICM for training in intensive care medicine; and
have a minimum of three months FTE (full-time equivalent) experience in an intensive care unit as defined above.
Paediatric, child and youth health nursing
This program is designed for nurses working in acute or community settings to develop competency in the practice of paediatric nursing or child and youth health nursing. Students will examine major issues and trends in nursing scholarship and practice, and develop an understanding of research in this area.
This study area requires you to undertake clinical practice in a paediatric, child and youth health nursing setting. Examples include acute paediatric or community health settings. If you wish to focus on issues relating to acute child and family health, you must be currently working at least 0.5 FTE (full-time equivalent) in an acute paediatric setting.
Cross-specialisation - general
Students complete core units and choose additional units from a list of electives covering more than one study area (two electives for the thesis strand and four electives for the project strand).
This option has no additional professional experience requirements.
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Semester 1 (Feb) entry - Full-time - Thesis StrandSemester 1 (Feb) entry - Part-time - Thesis StrandSemester 2 (July) entry - Full-time - Thesis StrandSemester 2 (July) entry - Part-time - Thesis StrandSemester 1 (Feb) entry - Full-time - Project StrandSemester 1 (Feb) entry - Part-time - Project StrandSemester 2 (July) entry - Full-time - Project StrandSemester 2 (July) entry - Part-time - Project StrandNS85 Specialty UnitsNS85 - List A Electives
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Part Time Postgraduate Degrees
Nursing Postgraduate Degrees
Distance learning Nursing Postgraduate Degrees
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