Graduate Certificate in Nursing GradCertNurs
Graduate Diploma of Nursing GradDipNurs
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Aged Care) GradDipNurs(AgedCare)
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Clinical Education) GradDipNurs(ClinEd)
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Leadership and Management) GradDipNurs(Lship&Mgt)
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Research for Clinical Practice) GradDipNurs(ResClinPrac)
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Rural and Remote Nursing) GradDipNurs(Rural&RemoteNurs)
Master of Nursing MNurs
Master of Nursing (Aged Care) MNurs(AgedCare)
Master of Nursing (Clinical Education) MNurs(ClinEd)
Master of Nursing (Leadership and Management) MNurs(Lship&Mgt)
Master of Nursing (Research for Clinical Practice) MNurs(ResClinPrac)
Master of Nursing (Rural and Remote Nursing) MNurs(Rural&RemoteNurs)
Online - Wagga Wagga
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Course duration referenced below is the effective time taken to complete a course when studied full time (full time equivalent duration). At Charles Sturt the standard calendar refers to 32 points a session over a 2 session calendar year. The Actual Duration is the time taken to complete the course following the prescribed enrolment pattern. A course's actual duration can be affected by the session calendar (number of sessions undertaken per year) and/or mode (full time, part time or mixed) and credit packages which may have been granted upon admission. Therefore, depending on the prescribed enrolment pattern, mode, calendar utilised and credit awarded a course may take less time or more time to complete than the duration noted as full time equivalent years. Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern to determine the actual duration of study.
Full-time: 1.5 years (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 1.0 year (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 0.5 years (or part-time equivalent)
Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Nursing degree or professional qualification which leads to registration as a Registered Nurse Division 1 with the Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency or equivalent. Applicants must have at least 12 months full-time experience as a registered nurse.
Standard Charles Sturt credit rules apply.
Entrants holding a Graduate Certificate in Nursing from Charles Sturt Univeristy will recieve credit for the subjects completed.
Entrants holding a Graduate Certificate in Nursing (or equivalent) from a university or the Australian College of Nursing will receive 32 points of unspecified credit.
Canadian entrants: Students who have completed a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program are awarded a 32 point (four subject) credit package upon admission.
The Master, Graduate Diploma [Exit Point Only] and Graduate Certificate [Exit Point Only] make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.
The course consists of four core subjects (40 points), a compulsory subject (16 points) and a choice of a specialisation in Aged Care Nursing, Rural and Remote Nursing, Leadership and Management, Clinical Education or Research for Clinical Practice. Students may also choose to graduate with a Master of Nursing (without specialisation) or to exit the course a Graduate Diploma of Nursing (with or without a specialisation) or a Graduate Certificate in Nursing.
Note:
* denotes a key subject
A standard subject is 8 points. Non-standard subject point values are identified in parenthesis after the subject name.
Master of Nursing (with specialisation)
To graduate with Master of Nursing (with specialisation), students will have completed the following subjects:
Core Subjects
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities *
Compulsory subjects
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16) *
Specialisations: Aged Care Nursing, Clinical Education, Leadership and Management, and Rural and Remote Nursing
In addition to the core and compulsory subjects (56 points), students complete the specialisation and restricted elective subjects according to the enrolment pattern for their chosen specialisation stream (40 points).
Research for Clinical Practice
Students completing this specialisation enrol in:
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16) *
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities *
HRS410 Science Honours Research Methods
HRS422 Science (Honours) Research Commencement
HRS441 Science Honours Research Dissertation (16)
Master of Nursing (without specialisation)
To graduate with a Master of Nursing (without specialisation), students will have completed the following subjects:
Core Subjects
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities *
Compulsory subjects
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16) *
Restricted Electives (40)
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (with specialisation) [Exit point only]
Students transferring into the Master of Nursing from a Charles Sturt Graduate Certificate in Nursing course can continue to progress through their chosen specialisation from the second year of the enrolment pattern of their chosen specialisation stream.
To graduate with the Graduate Diploma in Nursing (with specialisation) [Exit point only] students will have completed the following subjects:
Core Subjects
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16) *
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities *
Specialisations: Aged Care Nursing, Clinical Education, Leadership and Management, and Rural and Remote Nursing
In addition to the core subjects (32 points), students complete the specialisation and restricted elective subjects according to the enrolment pattern for their chosen specialisation (32 points).
Research for Clinical Practice
Students completing this specialisation enrol in
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16) *
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities *
HRS410 Science Honours Research Methods
HRS422 Science (Honours) Research Commencement
Restricted Elective (8)
Graduate Diploma of Nursing (without specialisation) [Exit point only]
To graduate with a Graduate Diploma of Nursing (without specialisation) students will have completed the following subjects:
Core Subjects
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16) *
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities *
Restricted Electives (32)
Graduate Certificate in Nursing [Exit point only]
To graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Nursing [Exit point only] students will have completed the following subjects:
Core Subjects
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice *
Restricted electives (24 points)
Restricted Electives
BMS536 Applied Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
GE501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
GER402 Ageing Bodies, Ageing Minds
GER501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
HLT518 Foundations of Clinical Education
HLT519 Evaluation in Clinical Education
HLT521 Teaching and Learning in Clinical Education
HLT523 Assessment in Clinical Education
HML407 Leadership Practice and Influence in Health Services
HML502 Improving Health Care Quality
HML504 Financial Management of Health Services
HML505 Managing Change Projects in Health Services
HML508 Creativity Innovation and Change
HRS410 Science Honours Research Methods
NRS528 Child Health Care & Promotion
NRS532 Health Assessment for Advancing Nursing Practice
NRS533 Advancing Emergency Care Nursing Practice
NRS555 Palliative Care in Advanced Practice Nursing
NRS570 Strengthening Primary Health Care with Rural Communities
NRS571 Working with Communities to Develop Mental Health Care Capacity and Resilience
NRS572 Optimising Health: Living Well with Complex and Chronic Conditions
NRS575 Leadership and Clinical Governance in Aged Care (4)
NRS576 Clinical Leadership in Nursing
NRS577 Leading Health Care Improvement
NRS578 Advanced Clinical Assessment of the Older Person (4)
PART TIME
Students should follow the enrolment pattern for the Master / Graduate Diploma specialisation which they intend to complete.
A standard subject is 8 points. Non-standard subject point values are identified in parenthesis after the subject name.
YEAR 1
Aged Care Nursing 30 Session Intake
Session 1 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
GER501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
Session 2 (60)
NRS575 Leadership and Clinical Governance in Aged Care (4)
NRS578 Advanced Clinical Assessment of the Older Person (4)
Restricted elective (8)
Aged Care Nursing 60 Session Intake
Session 1 (60)
NRS575 Leadership and Clinical Governance in Aged Care (4)
NRS578 Advanced Clinical Assessment of the Older Person (4)
Restricted elective (8)
Session 2 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
GER501 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
Clinical Education 30 Session Intake
Session 1 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
HLT518 Foundations of Clinical Education
Session 2 (60)
HLT521 Teaching and Learning in Clinical Education (8)
Restricted elective (8)
Clinical Education 60 Session Intake
Session 1 (60)
HLT521 Teaching and Learning in Clinical Education
Restricted elective (8)
Session 2 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
HLT518 Foundations of Clinical Education
Leadership and Management 30 Session Intake
Session 1 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
NRS576 Clinical Leadership in Nursing
Session 2 (60)
NRS577 Leading Health Care Improvement
HML508 Creativity Innovation and Change
Leadership and Management 60 Session Intake
Session 1 (60)
NRS577 Leading Health Care Improvement
HML508 Creativity Innovation and Change
Session 2 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
NRS576 Clinical Leadership in Nursing
Rural and Remote Nursing 30 Session Intake
Session 1 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
NRS532 Health Assessment for Advancing Nursing Practice
Session 2 (60)
NRS570 Strengthening Primary Health Care with Rural Communities
NRS533 Advancing Emergency Care Nursing Practice
Rural and Remote Nursing 60 Session Intake
Session 1 (60)
NRS570 Strengthening Primary Health Care with Rural Communities
NRS533 Advancing Emergency Care Nursing Practice
Session 2 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
NRS532 Health Assessment for Advancing Nursing Practice
Research for Clinical Practice 30 Session Intake
Session 1 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
HRS410 Science Honours Research Methods
Session 2 (60)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted elective (8)
Research for Clinical Practice 60 Session Intake
Session 1 (60)
HRS410 - Science Honours Research Methods
Restricted elective (8)
Session 2 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Students may elect to exit at this point with the qualification Graduate Certificate in Nursing. Students who want to graduate with a Graduate Certificate in Aged Care Nursing, Rural and Remote Nursing, Leadership and Management or Clinical Education will need to transfer to the relevant Graduate Certificate in Nursing course.
YEAR 2
Students transferring from a Charles Sturt Graduate Certificate in Nursing commence at this point.
Aged Care Nursing 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Aged Care Nursing 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Clinical Education 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
HLT523 Assessment in Clinical Education
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Clinical Education 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
HLT523 Assessment in Clinical Education
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Leadership and Management 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Leadership and Managemetn 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Rural and Remote Nursing 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Rural and Remote Nursing 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Research for Clinical Practice 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
HRS422 Science (Honours) Research Commencement
Research for Clinical Practice 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
HRS422 Science (Honours) Research Commencement
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Students may elect to exit at this point with the qualification Graduate Diploma of Nursing (with specialisation).
YEAR 3
Aged Care Nursing 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective
Session 6 (60)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Aged Care Nursing 60 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 6 (60)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Clinical Education 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HLT519 Evaluation in Clinical Education
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Session 6 (60)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Clinical Education 60 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HLT519 Evaluation in Clinical Education
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Session 6 (30)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Leadership and Management 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 6 (60)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Leadership and Management 60 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 6 (30)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Rural and Remote Nursing 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 6 (60)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Rural and Remote Nursing 60 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Sesssion 6 (30)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Research for Clinical Practice 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HRS441 Science Honours Research Dissertation (16)
Session 6 (60)
Restricted Elective x 2 (16)
Research for Clinical Practice 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HRS441 Science Honours Research Dissertation (16)
Session 6 (30)
Restricted Elective x 2 (16)
Master of Nursing (without specialisation)
Year 1 30 Session Intake
Session 1 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 2 (60)
Restricted Elective x 2 (16)
Year 1 60 Session Intake
Session 1 (60)
Restricted Elective x 2 (16)
Session 2 (30)
NRS566 Advanced Nursing Practice
Restricted Elective (8)
Year 2 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Year 2 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Students may elect to exit at this point with the qualification Graduate Diploma of Nursing (without specialisation).
Year 3 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 6 (60)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Year 3 60 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Restricted Elective (8)
Session 6 (30)
HLT524 Practice Improvement Project (16)
Articulation Pathway for students who complete Year 1 in any pathway and demonstrate capacity for research capability
Year 2 30 Session Intake
Session 3 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Session 4 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
HRS410 Science Honours Research Methods
Year 2 60 Session Intake
Session 3 (60)
IKC502 Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
HRS410 Science Honours Research Methods
Session 4 (30)
NRS567 Value Based Healthcare and Critical Inquiry (16)
Year 3 30 Session Intake
Session 5 (30)
HRS422 Science (Honours) Research Commencement
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Session 6 (60)
HRS441 Science Honours Research Dissertation (16)
Year 3 60 Session Intake
Session 5 (60)
HRS422 Science (Honours) Research Commencement
HLT520 Practice Improvement Proposal
Session 6 (60)
HRS441 Science Honours Research Dissertation (16)
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.