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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Masters degrees by coursework

Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) – Melbourne (Bundoora) (HMNNP)

This course will only be conducted if sufficient enrolments are achieved.

Tel: (03) 9479 5950

Email: nurrec@latrobe.edu.au

Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

The Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) is a one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time, 120-credit point award providing students with the detailed knowledge and skills required to provide professional leadership in contemporary clinical nursing specialties. Expert speakers from nursing, pharmacology, radiology, pathology, physiotherapy and other disciplines will contribute to the course. Students must have five years post-registration experience in their specialty and be employed by an appropriate agency.

It is expected that students would complete the core subjects NSG5HAD, NSG5TMN and NSG5CPD in the first year and complete their specialty subjects in the second year.

Nurse practitioner, part-time

First year
Teaching period Subject code Subject title Credit Points
TE-SEM-1 NSG5HAD Health Assessment and Diagnostics 20
TE-SEM-1 NSG5TMN Therapeutic Medication Management1 20
TE-SEM-2 NSG5CPD Clinical Practice Development 20

Key: 1. Students may be required to enrol in a cross institutional therapeutic medication management subject if sufficient enrolments are not achieved for NSG5TMN.

Second year

Students complete a total of 60 credit points in the clinical internship.

Teaching period Subject code Subject title Credit Points
TE-SEM-1 NSG5PCA Nurse Practitioner Clinical Internship A 30
TE-SEM-2 NSG5PCB Nurse Practitioner Clinical Internship B 30
or
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 NSG5PCL Nurse Practitioner Clinical Internship 60