Overview 2021
Location
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
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With the exception of Child and Family Health Nursing all specialisations are offered completely online. In most specialisations, students must have access to clinical practice in the specialty area.
Course objectives
The School of Nursing, in collaboration with cooperating Health Care Agencies, aims to create an educational environment which values critical, reflective thinking, life-long learning, acquisition of generic attributes and professional development.
While the Graduate Certificate specialties are diverse with course specific objectives, the generic program objectives are to:
- enable students to work as registered nurses in specialised practice settings;
- allow students to develop nursing knowledge and skills in their specialty;
- enhance students' advanced critical thinking and clinical decision making in their specialty nursing discipline;
- encourage student interest and engagement in the professional growth of their discipline, and
- develop students' ability to communicate effectively with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Career outcomes
Graduates are able to further their career development by progressing to a Graduate Diploma of Nursing or Bachelor of Nursing Professional Honours.
Course structure
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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- Domestic
- 13 8827 (13 UTAS)
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
- Online
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