Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Rural & Remote)

• Develop your clinical decision-making skills for a rural and remote setting and gain the qualifications required to effectively work as a remote nurse.
• Build an understanding of the legal framework supporting your practice.
• Benefit from work-based learning and advance your physical examination and diagnostic skills. You'll build knowledge of specific drugs that registered nurses may need to obtain, supply and administer in an advanced practice context.
• You can fit study into your life and career while studying part-time and online.

After completing the Graduate Diploma of Nursing, you can take credit from these courses and continue to complete the Master of Nursing.

• Graduates can find rural and remote nursing jobs in a variety of contexts where healthcare services are often limited.

To complete this degree students must complete 8 units. Most courses (similar to 'subjects') are valued at 1 unit. To study full-time you would usually complete 4 units per semester.

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

In addition to the courses to be studied, you will also need to complete clinical experience, where interactive hands-on activities, such as experiments and use of specialist equipment, are undertaken.

All students must be able to meet the physical and other professional requirements of clinical/professional practice within this degree.

If you are enrolled in the External study mode in this degree, you will have the opportunity to come on-campus for residential schools, where you will attend face-to-face lectures and tutorials, use the facilities and meet staff and other students.

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

Complete your online application directly to UniSQ.

The closing dates for applying directly to UniSQ are:

• Semester 1, 2023 - applications close on 20 February and the Semester 1 study period commences on Monday 20 February, 2023.
• Semester 2, 2023 - applications close on 10 July and the Semester 2 study period commences on Monday 10 July, 2023.

Select to start your degree in one of the following intakes:

• Semester 1, 2024 - applications close on 19 February 2024 and the Semester 1 study period starts on Monday 19 February 2024.
• Semester 2, 2024 - applications close on 8 July 2024 and the Semester 2 study period starts on Monday 8 July 2024.

More information on applying key dates is available.

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