Master of Nursing (General)

Graduates of this masters degree are equipped with the specialist skills to advance their career in nursing or the health care sector. You will have the leadership and management skills necessary to work in leadership positions in both the private and public sectors.

Higher education

• Completion of an Australian university or equivalent three-year bachelor degree in the area of Nursing.
• Current Professional Registration as a Division 1 Nurse, or equivalent, with either Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or relevant regulatory body in applicant's home country.

English Proficiency Requirements

All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements. For entry to the Master of Nursing (General) program, applicants are required to meet the Category 4 English Language Proficiency requirements.

On campus requirements

Mandatory Residential School attendance will be required for the below courses. Residential Schools will be held at Ipswich, or Toowoomba campus.

• COU8103 Counselling Issues and Contexts
• COU8101 Counselling Skills and Applications
• COU8104 Counselling Frameworks

Practicum placement

There are no clinical requirements in this program unless candidates select an approved course that contains a clinical requirement. Courses with a clinical requirement are not available to International students.

Candidates must complete at least six units of courses offered by UniSQ whilst enrolled in this program so at most six units of exemptions may be applied for on the basis of approved relevant study undertaken at UniSQ, other universities or the Australian College of Nursing.

Choose from a number of approved electives to personalise your masters degree and gain expertise in areas that are specific to your nursing career goals. Benefit from being able to study UniSQ’s Master of Nursing online and part-time, so you can progress your nursing career while fitting study into your life and occupation. Build specialist skills to review data-based research while identifying and implementing best practice for improving individual and community health outcomes. Develop advanced knowledge and skills in the development, analysis and application of health policies and health research through an independent research project to progress your own area of practice. 

Recommended Study Pattern

Core Courses

HEA8001 Contexts of Practice

NUR8060 Health Policy Analysis and Review

NUR8340 The Law and Health Care Practice OR HEA8302 Culture as a Determinant of Health

HSC8050 Research Methodology for the Human Sciences

HSC8060 Research Project Design

Clinical Pathway

Approved Course x 6

NUR8075 Research Implementation Project

Research Pathway

Approved Course x 5

HSC8070 Health Masters Project A

HSC8080 Health Masters Project B

Award Requirements

Completion of 12 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.

Exit Points

• Upon completion of the appropriate 4 units, a student may apply to exit with the Graduate Certificate of Nursing.
• Upon completion of the appropriate 8 units, a student may apply to exit with the Graduate Diploma of Nursing.

Choose your subjects

Majors

• Clinical Education
• General
• Gerontology
• Leadership & Management in Health
• Mental Health
• Rural & Remote

Electives

Approved Course List

HEA8102 Perspectives of Healthy Ageing

HEA8101 Foundations of Gerontology Practice

HEA8105 Perspectives on `End-of-Life'

HEA8104 Alzheimers and Dementia: Contemporary Perspectives

HEA8302 Culture as a Determinant of Health

ANP8003 Management in Health Care Practice

ANP8011 Clinical Leadership in Contemporary Health Care Practice

HEA8201 Introduction to Clinical Education

HEA8202 Innovative Learning Strategies for Healthcare Environment

NUR8550 Professional Studies 1

ANP5002 Immunisation Nursing

COU8103 Counselling Issues and Contexts

COU8101 Counselling Skills and Applications

COU8104 Counselling Frameworks