Master of Nursing - Acute Care

Tailor your studies to your career aspirations with La Trobe's Master of Nursing. Pursue clinical specialisations in relevant hospital settings with our prestigious health partners, or complete non-clinical specialisations to develop advanced knowledge of nursing research along with the critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills you need to thrive as a nursing researcher, educator or leader. By completing La Trobe's Master of Nursing, you will: learn to effectively plan, implement and evaluate practice in your specialised context, make high-level independent judgements, and function effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team benefit from a flexible, blended learning approach that offers face-to-face or fully online study options that you can fit around your work commitments choose from clinical specialisations in acute care, cardiac care, critical care, medical imaging, neonatal care, neonatal special care, and perioperative practices; or non-clinical specialisations in health management, leadership or public health explore the introduction to nursing in the Australian context, including an understanding of professional standards and the healthcare organisational system investigate legal and ethical issues pertinent to nursing practice.

PrerequisitesApplicants must be a Division 1 Registered Nurse and hold a current practising certificate with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). This does not apply to International applicants.Applicants for the clinical specialisations and pathways must be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and employed in the relevant clinical specialist area or an approved agency, or have applied to the agency to undertake your clinical placement at the time of applying for the course. In the latter case, an offer into the course will be conditional upon confirmation of the clinical placement. Applicants with a relevant Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma do not need to provide a workplace statement outlining clinical placement approval.Clinical specialisations and pathways are not available to international applicants.Successful completion of a recognised Nursing degree (equivalent to an Australian Bachelors degree).Selection criteriaApplicants with an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline or related area will receive credit of up to 60 credit points.The following subjects will be credited as advanced standing for cognate students:NSM4CNE CRITICAL NURSING ESSENTIALSNSM4001 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT30 credit points of LTU5YLCApplicants with an Australian Postgraduate degree (or equivalent) or an Australian Honours degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline or related area may be eligible to receive credit of up to 120 credit points, including the subjects listed above.Applicants with over 2 years of relevant work experience may be eligible to receive credit of up to 60 credit pointsThe University will access your official transcript upon application.