Master of Nursing

Get ready to take the lead

Expand on your skills as a registered nurse and boost both your leadership potential and confidence by taking this innovative and UC specific Master of Nursing course.

Tutored and mentored by internationally recognised teaching staff, this course helps you develop and implement a proposal evaluating the delivery and effectiveness of an aspect of health care in a specialist area. Areas of focus include Clinical Leadership or Mental Health.

You’ll also undertake a clinical research project in consultation with your allocated academic supervisor and submit the completed work for industry publication and peer review.

As part of a unique team of healthcare professionals dedicated to improving the professional standards of nursing around the world, you’ll graduate with substantial knowledge and understanding of a range of cutting-edge approaches to the complex challenges facing Australia’s health sector.

Study a Master of Nursing at UC and you will:

• apply the knowledge necessary to plan, deliver and evaluate high-quality, safe and evidence-based nursing care at an advanced level in your selected area of practice
• produce a scholarly research piece for publication in a peer-reviewed journal
• critically appraise research related to the changing identity and professional profiles of registered nurses as autonomous practitioners and key members of collaborative, multidisciplinary health teams in contemporary and culturally diverse health contexts
• explore the function and responsibilities of registered nurses practising at an advanced level.
• focus on professional and ethical standards, clinical supervision, mentoring, education, policy development, reflective practice and ongoing professional development.

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

The concept of WIL is a vital component to the UC approach to learning, and through the Master of Nursing course, you’ll get the opportunity to participate in both a health practice evaluation and a clinical research project exploring real-world areas of healthcare.

With one-on-one personal training and ongoing mentoring from leading nursing experts, you’ll also be encouraged to take part in seminars, workshops, and conferences where you will learn about cutting-edge research and innovative solutions to complex challenges facing the health sector.

Career opportunities

With a UC Master of Nursing degree, you’ll have the necessary qualifications to take on more responsibility and pursue a more assertive career path in areas including:

• clinical nurse specialist
• nurse consultant
• research nurse
• clinical nurse educator
• nurse administrator
• nurse unit manager
• clinical nurse consultant
• mental health nurse
• ICU nurse
• ED nurse
• CCU nurse
• renal nurse
• oncology nurse
• parkinson’s nurse

Course-specific information

Applicants need to meet all three criteria:

• hold a Bachelor of Nursing degree or equivalent pre-registration Bachelor level nursing degree
• be registered, or eligible to register as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), or equivalent overseas nursing regulatory body
• be employed, as a Registered Nurse, in a health setting relevant to the nursing stream chosen.

Assumed knowledge: capacity to produce high-quality scholarly papers in English.

A clear pathway of study exists from this course to the Professional Doctorate in Nurse Practitioner (Research).

Please note: completion of this course does NOT lead to registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).