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Master of Nursing (MNUR)	2011

SATAC Course Code	1CM011:1CM511
Course Code	MNUR
Faculty	INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Sector	HE
Standard full-time completion	1.5 year/s
Standard part-time completion	3 year/s
Total Credit Points Required	120



	About the Course
	Admission Requirements
	Credit Transfer and Pathways
	Course Structure
	Recommended Study Plan
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 1
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 2
	Course Fees

Availability

Open to School Leavers	No
Open to International Students	No
Available for Admission in	Semester 1 , Semester 2

Not Deferrable This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered

Year	Delivery Location	SATAC Code	Mode	Admin Location
2011	Casuarina Campus	1CM011:1CM511	M	Casuarina Campus

Full fee paying and Commonwealth Supported places are available for this course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to each fee option.

About the Course
This course is designed to enable registered nurses to increase their clinical competence and develop skills in leadership and research. The course is embedded in a strong evidence base and offers students professional and clinical skill development along with the necessary investigative and life-long learning skills. Within the program students can choose to study sequences in selected clinical nursing specialties, clinical education and/or clinical management. The course will integrate the research, ethical, political and reflective skills necessary to enable clinical and professional leadership through an informed position on health care issues with a specific emphasis on cross-cultural practice. Graduates will have the capacity to undertake leadership roles in a variety of health and educational settings.

All applicants must indicate their preferred clinical specialty by entering a stream code from the list of clinical speciality options provided below. Note that applicants with a completed Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate in Nursing should select the Credit Transfer option.

All applicants must indicate their preferred clinical specialty by entering a stream code from the list of clinical speciality options provided below. *Note that applicants with a completed Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate in Nursing should select the Credit Transfer option.

Chronic disease
Disaster management
Emergency
Intensive care
Renal
Credit transfer*

Police Check: each State and Territory in Australia has requirements for students undertaking courses involving clinical placements to provide documented evidence of relevant health and security checks, eg completed immunisation requirements, criminal record checks and/or working with children clearances and/or fitness to practice requirements.

Students must have met the above requirements that are mandatory in their state or territory before they can undertake those units that include clinical placements. Students who have not met these mandatory requirements and not been cleared by the clinical sector to undertake clinical experience will not be able to undertake clinical practice experience and will not therefore be able to complete the requirements of the course.

Admission Requirements

Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.

Applicants must hold current registration as a Registered Nurse with an Australian nursing and midwifery regulatory authority. All applicants (except those applying for the credit transfer stream) must have employment in the clinical specialty for which they are applying.

Additional Admission Requirements
All intending applicants must contact the Graduate School for Health Practice on (08) 8946 7179.

Credit Transfer and Pathways

Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education

Course Structure

This course consists of core units, speciality sequences, and project units. In addition to the core evidence-based practice and culture in practice units, students can choose up to two specific sequences of study: clinical nursing, clinical education and/or clinical management. The final project is individually negotiated to allow students to explore in depth an area of professional interest.

Both the content and the assessment strategies used in the program ensure that students are able to build on their clinical experience and professional practice. The emphasis of the program is clinical practice: practice development and clinical leadership. Within each of the sequences students will have the opportunity to enhance their own performance in the work place and initiate projects aimed at practice improvement. Graduates from this program will be recognised as leaders in their chosen field.

Students undertaking a clinical nursing sequence not employed at least 0.5 FTE in the relevant specialty area are required to arrange their own clinical placement in consultation with the University. It is essential that the chosen clinical venue can support a student both in fulfilling the clinical requirements of the course and in providing appropriate clinical supervision and support. A residential school may be required for some units with the remainder of the teaching material using on-line delivery.

Students who have not met the clinical practice requirements will not be able to complete the requirements of this course.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 120 credit points as detailed below.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core Units
(8 units)
80
Compulsory Core units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below.

HEA401 Culture in practice
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
HEA501 Masters Project x 2 (10cp repeatable unit)
Specialist Elective
(2 units)
20
Units totalling 20 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below:

CLINICAL NURSING Sequence
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SNP402 Pharmacology for Health Professionals

CLINICAL EDUCATION Sequence
HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
HEA411 Preceptoring and mentoring

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT Sequence
HEA421 Introduction to clinical management
HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
Electives
(2 units)
20
Units totalling 20 credit points from level 400-500 offered by the University
120
Total Credit Points

COURSE CHANGES

Students enrolled in this course prior to 2008 and 2009 will note there have been minor changes to the course for 2008 and 2009.

Summary of the Changes
In 2008 Clinical Specialisation 1 & 2 will be offered in the clinical nursing specialties of mental health, renal, paediatrics, surgical and emergency & disaster as student numbers permit. Clinical Specialisation 3 will be offered in these clinical nursing specialties, and further nursing specialties will be considered on negotiation with the course coordinator.
Clinical nursing specialisations offered in 2009 are: renal, mental health, and chronic disease.

HEA430 Health assessment in context has replaced NUR402 Applied science for health care practice (across all Study Sequences) and NUR406 Paediatric Assessment (Paediatric Sequence)
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies has replaced NUR403 Contemporary Issues in Nursing.

HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1 has replaced:

NUR405 Advanced surgical nursing (Surgical Sequence)
SNP406 Approaches to mental disorders (Mental Health Sequence)
SNP403 Introduction to the management of end stage renal failure (Renal Sequence)
NUR407 Principles of paediatric nursing (Paediatric Sequence)

HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2 has replaced:

SNP409 Professional interventions in acute mental illness (Mental Health Sequence)
SNP404 Renal failure (Renal Sequence)

HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3 has replaced:

NUR401 Advanced clinical practice (Surgical and Paediatric Sequences)
SNP407 Advanced renal replacement therapy (Renal Sequence)

Students seeking professional recognition for these or other clinical nursing specialties should contact the course coordinator.

Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.

Recommended Study Plan

Students Commencing in Semester 1

The Recommended Study Plans provided below are suitable for students commencing in semester 1 in a standard full time load.

Legend: CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective

Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
CO
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
CO
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
CO
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
E
Specialist Elective 1
SE
Year 2
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Specialist Elective 2
SE
Elective 1
E
Elective 2
E

List of Specialist Electives offered in 2009
Semester 1
Semester 2
HEA411 Preceptoring and mentoring
SE
HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
SE
HEA421 Introduction to clinical management
SE
HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
SE
HEA430 Professional Assessment for Advanced Practice
SE
HEA430 Professional Assessment for Advanced Practice
SE
HEA441 Child and family health knowledge and practice 1
SE
HEA442 Child and family health knowledge and practice 2
SE
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
or
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
SE
SE
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SE
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SE
SNP410 Independent study
SE
MID405 Contemporary Australian Midwifery
SE
SNP402 Pharmacology for Health Professionals
SE
SNP410 Independent study
SE

Study Plans for students who commenced this course prior to 2009

CLINICAL NURSING Sequence – Mental Health
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
SE
SNP402 Pharmacology for health professionals
SE
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
E
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
SE
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1
E
Elective 2
SE
Year 2
Elective 3
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 4
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO

CLINICAL NURSING Sequence – Renal
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
SE
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
SE
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
SE
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
Elective 2
E
Elective 1
SE
Elective 3
E
Year 2
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SE
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 4
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO

CLINICAL EDUCATION Sequence
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA411 Preceptoring and mentoring
SE
HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
SE
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
SE
Specialist Elective from School of Education as listed above (or Elective 1)
SE
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1 (or Specialist Elective from School of Education as listed above)
E
Elective 2
E
Year 2
Elective 3
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 4
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT Sequence
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA421 Introduction to clinical management
SE
Specialist Elective from list of Management units listed above (or Elective 1)
SE
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
SE
HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
SE
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1 (or Specialist Elective from list of Management units listed above)
E
Elective 2
E
Year 2
Elective 3
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 4
E
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO

Students Commencing in Semester 2

The Recommended Study Plans provided below are suitable for students commencing in semester 2 in a standard full time load.

Legend: CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective

Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
CO
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Specialist Elective 1
SE
Year 2
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
CO
Specialist Elective 2
SE
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
CO
Elective 1
E
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
E
Elective 2
E

List of Specialist Electives offered in 2009
Semester 1
Semester 2
HEA411 Preceptoring and mentoring
SE
HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
SE
HEA421 Introduction to clinical management
SE
HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
SE
HEA430 Professional Assessment for Advanced Practice
SE
HEA430 Professional Assessment for Advanced Practice
SE
HEA441 Child and family health knowledge and practice 1
SE
HEA442 Child and family health knowledge and practice 2
SE
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
or
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
SE
SE
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SE
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SE
SNP410 Independent study
SE
MID405 Contemporary Australian Midwifery
SE
SNP402 Pharmacology for Health Professionals
SE
SNP410 Independent study
SE

Study Plans for students who commenced this course prior to 2009

CLINICAL NURSING Sequence – Mental Health
Semester 1
Semester 2
Calenda Year 1
SNP402 Pharmacology for health professionals
SE
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
SE
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1
SE
Calendar Year 2
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
SE
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
E
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
Elective 2
E
Calendar Year 3
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO

CLINICAL NURSING Sequence – Renal
Semester 1
Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
HEA440 Clinical Specialisation 2
SE
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1
E
Elective 2
E
Calendar Year 2
HEA408 Health Assessment in a Bio/Psycho/Social Context
SE
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
SE
HEA420 Clinical Specialisation 1
SE
Elective 4
E
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 3
SE
Calendar Year 3
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
CLINICAL EDUCATION Sequence
Semester 1
Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
SE
Specialist Elective from School of Education as listed above (or Elective 1)
SE
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1
E
Calendar Year 2
HEA411 Preceptoring and mentoring
SE
Elective 3
E
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
SE
Elective 4
E
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 2 (or Specialist Elective from School of Education
as listed above)
E
Calendar Year 3
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT Sequence
Semester 1
Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
Specialist Elective from list of Management units listed above (or Elective 1)
SE
HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
SE
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Elective 1
E
Calendar Year 2
HEA421 Introduction to clinical management
SE
Elective 3
E
HEA409 Practice Evaluation Strategies
SE
Elective 4
E
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO
Elective 2 (or Specialist Elective from list of Management
units listed above)
E
Calendar Year 3
HEA501 Masters Project (10cp repeatable unit)
CO


Course Fees
Commonwealth Supported Places	Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Non-Commonwealth Supported Places	Full fee paying places are available in this course. Fees and charges for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011 Fees and charges for 2009 and 2010 can be found at www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html.

Contact Details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:


Email:	courses@cdu.edu.au
Phone:	(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963