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The Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing equips nurses with specialised knowledge and skills to deliver exceptional, person-centred care to individuals living with cancer. This program emphasises the cultivation of safe, caring, respectful, and responsive therapeutic relationships, empowering patients across their care continuum. Graduates will be adept at evaluating and integrating comprehensive information to provide holistic, evidence-based care, fostering collaborative interprofessional relationships to enhance patient outcomes. They will navigate complex health environments with confidence, adhering to professional, ethical, and legal standards, while applying a strengths-based approach to nursing care. This course prepares nurses to excel in diverse settings, ensuring they can provide compassionate and effective care to cancer patients, ultimately making a significant impact on patient care and outcomes.

Specialise in cancer care. You’ll learn to build respectful and responsive therapeutic relationships. Apply evidence-based practice. Strengthen collaboration with healthcare teams. Graduate ready to nurse people through the cancer care continuum.

Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing

The Graduate Certificate of Advanced Wound Care provides an opportunity for students to gain post graduate education in the care and management of wounds in all healthcare settings. Post graduate education targeted to the specialty of wound care is limited in Australia, but necessary to decrease healthcare acquired complications. Delayed wound healing can increase a patient’s length of stay in hospital, or a have prolonged need for outpatient/community wound care services, which impacts costs to both the health service and the patient. This course provides advanced theoretical concepts concerning the assessment and management of simple and complex wounds with course content developed and delivered by experts in the specialty of wound care and management. Applicants are expected to have some working experience in the care and management of wounds as unit discussions and assessment will require you to draw upon this experience.

Further your nursing expertise with this specialised course. Develop advanced wound care and infection prevention techniques to improve patient outcomes. Learn from experts in the field of wound care and management. Study 100% online.

Graduate Certificate in Advanced Wound Care

This subject delves into the critical evaluation of evidence supporting complementary health choices that empower individuals to live well with cancer. Students will explore the essential components required to build and sustain an effective and healthy nursing workforce. The unit will cover key concepts, complexities, and models of nursing care delivery, including the use of technology to optimise outcomes for cancer patients. Furthermore, students will examine the implications for cancer care delivery within the contemporary Australian healthcare system, including funding models and practice standards. This comprehensive approach ensures that graduates are well-prepared to contribute to and lead in the dynamic field of cancer nursing.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="https://www.murdoch.edu.au/mymurdoch/support-advice/learning-study/murdoch-academic-passport" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(1, 68, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.</a>

Strengths-Based Cancer Care

This subject focuses on advanced symptom management and communication strategies in cancer care, preparing nurses to recommend evidence-based approaches to prevent and minimise the side effects of cancer treatments, optimising patient function and comfort. Students will learn to develop patient-centred, comprehensive care plans in collaboration with patients, their caregivers, and the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to enhance quality of life. The unit covers various approaches to effective, timely, and context-specific communication, emphasising the importance of legal and ethical frameworks in end-of-life decision-making. Additionally, students will be equipped to identify the inherent strengths in patients, caregivers, families, and communities, supporting their ability to cope with and adjust to change and loss.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="https://www.murdoch.edu.au/mymurdoch/support-advice/learning-study/murdoch-academic-passport" target="_blank">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.</a>

Clinical Management: Supportive Cancer Care

This subject provides an in-depth exploration of the latest advancements in cancer screening, diagnosis, and management. It aims to enhance students&#39; understanding of current treatments and therapies for cancer, including preparation and recovery trajectories. Students will analyse the physical, emotional, and social impacts of these therapies on patients and their caregivers. The unit emphasises the importance of collaborative care, guiding students to describe optimal treatment pathways in conjunction with multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and the person living with cancer. Additionally, students will appraise the risks and benefits of various therapies to inform effective decision-making.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="https://www.murdoch.edu.au/mymurdoch/support-advice/learning-study/murdoch-academic-passport" target="_blank">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Clinical Management: Cancer Therapies

This subject explores essential aspects across the spectrum of cancer including cancer epidemiology, the diverse experiences of cancer, cancer biology, assessment and diagnosis processes, and the role of primary health care in cancer prevention and screening programs. Throughout the subject , interdisciplinary perspectives are integrated, and ethical considerations in cancer care are addressed, preparing students to engage critically with current challenges and future advancements in cancer research and treatment.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="https://www.murdoch.edu.au/mymurdoch/support-advice/learning-study/murdoch-academic-passport" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(1, 68, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.</a>

Foundational Concepts in Cancer Care

This unit is designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of advanced wound care management through critical examination and application of the latest techniques, technologies, and research. Emphasis is placed on developing skills that enhance patient-centred care and interdisciplinary collaboration in various clinical settings.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Advancements in Comprehensive Wound Care

Wound care and infection prevention is a rapidly growing clinical area leading the way for tissue management, infection control, diagnosis, and assessment of critical issues in wound management.  Technologies such as digital, e-health and app-based sources are being rapidly absorbed into clinical practice. With a growing plethora of advanced wound therapies such as interactive dressings, tissue substitutes, and negative pressure wound therapy there are many tools in the clinician’s armamentarium for wound prevention and management.  This unit will investigate contemporary wound management therapies and the role of the digital technologies for wound management. The unit will also investigate the different types of advanced healing therapies, dressings, and devices available for clinical use and critically evaluate the evidence and clinical utility in specific health care settings and regions with a patient centric focus.  Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Contemporary Wound Management Therapies

This unit is designed to foster knowledge and understanding of the concepts and practices of wound assessment across a variety of different wound types. Participants will develop an understanding of comprehensive assessments of a wide variety of wounds including prevalence, aetiology, anatomy and physiology, holistic considerations, and wound classifications. Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

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