Course Catalogue

Graduate Certificate of Perioperative Nursing (UPERN1)

2026

Course Structure

Post Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing will provide students with the essential knowledge that underpins evidence-based practice. Students will complete carefully constructed units guided by current healthcare needs to gain advanced knowledge in perioperative nursing.

Students will select to undertake specialisation in either anaesthetics and recovery or scrub/scout.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Unit type	Credit Points	Specific requirements
Core Units (1 units)	10cp	Compulsory Core units totalling 10 credit points as detailed below: NUR551 Foundations of Perioperative Nursing
Specialist Electives (2 units)	30cp	Select either anaesthetics and recovery or scrub/scout nursing units. Either NUR552 Anaesthetics and Recovery Nursing 1 NUR553 Anaesthetics and Recovery Nursing 2 (20cp) Or NUR554 Scrub/Scout Nursing 1 NUR555 Scrub/Scout Nursing 2 (20cp)
	40cp	Total Credit Points

Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)

See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.

Further Assistance

For further assistance please contact Student Central on 1800 061 963 (freecall) or student.central@cdu.edu.au. Student Central staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HELP (Higher Education Loan Program), external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.

Unit Catalogue - provides general information about each unit including a brief description, the semester and mode offered as well as the fees for Commonwealth Supported places.
Timetables - provides information about individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are published early in 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.