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Master of Nursing (Neonatal Intensive Care)

Course code/s: Distance Education (HMNNID), Melbourne (HMNNIC)

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

The Master of Nursing (Neonatal Intensive Care) is a 1.5 year, full-time or 2-3 year, part-time award with exit options available at either the Graduate Certificate (1year, part-time, 60 credit points) or the Postgraduate Diploma (1year, full-time or 2 years part-time, 120 credit points). The course is designed to provide a range of opportunities for students to develop a deeper understanding of neonatal intensive care nursing through systematic analysis and reflection on the relationships between theory and practice.

To complete the clinical components of the Diploma program, students are normally employed by either The Royal Women’s Hospital, The Mercy Hospital for Women, Monash Medical Centre, or The Royal Children’s Hospital for four shifts per week in the academic year in which they undertake the specialist subjects.

Admission requirements

Applicants seeking entry into the Master of Nursing (Neonatal Intensive Care) must be eligible for registration as a Registered Nurse in Australia.

Teaching period	Subject code	Subject title	Credit Points	Total Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	NSG4/5CHA	Comprehensive Health Assessment	20	60
TE-SEM-1	NSG4/5SCN	Special Care of the Neonate	20	60
TE-SEM-2	NSG4/5CNN	Intensive Care of the Neonate	20	60
choose 20 credit points from:
TE-SEM-1/2	NSG4/5CAU	Clinical Audit	20	20
TE-SEM-1/2	NSG5CPD	Clinical Practice Development	20	20
choose 40 credit points from:
TE-SEM-1/2		Subject List A or Subject List B	20 or 40	40
choose 60 credit points from:
TE-SEM-1/2		Subject List A or Subject List B	20 or 40	60