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Master of Clinical Nursing

MClinN

80 cp

Minimum duration:1 year full-time or equivalent 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 Degree

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 40 cp from Theory Units; and
  2. 40 cp from Practice Units.

2. Specialty Strands
Specialty strands are available in the following areas23:

- 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
- rehabilitation
- 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
NRSG607 10 Quality in Health Care
NRSG610 10 Interpreting Health Research
NRSP601 10 Clinical Decision Making
NRST613 10 Leadership and Health Care

Practice Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
NRSG616 10 Advanced Clinical Assessment
NRSG617 10 Evidence-Based Practice
NRSG618 10 Collaborative Practice and Improvement
NRSG619 10 Managing Complex Care

23 The strands available on each campus will vary, according to student demand and lecturer availability.