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Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing
GradCertClinN
40 cp
Minimum duration:1 year part-time.
Course available at: Nationally, online (http://www.acu.edu.au/elearning/)
EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
1. Requirements for Completion of the Graduate Certificate
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
- 20 cp from Theory Units; and
- 20 cp from Practice Units.
2. Specialty Strands
Specialty strands are available in the following areas22:
- aged care
- anaesthetics/post-anaesthetics
- cardiothoracic
- child and adolescent health
- cardiac care
- critical care
- dementia care
- emergency
- maternity
- medical
- neonatal care
- neuroscience
- oncology
- ophthalmology
- orthopaedics
- palliative care
- perioperative
- plastics/reconstruction
- renal
- surgical
- urology
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Theory Units
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| NRSG511 | 10 | Foundations of Specialty Practice |
| NRSG512 | 10 | Dimensions of Specialty Practice |
Practice Units
| Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
| NRSG513 | 10 | Nursing Practice 1 |
| NRSG514 | 10 | Nursing Practice 2 |
22 The strands available on each campus will vary, according to student demand and lecturer availability.
