Global Utilities

La Trobe University
University Handbook 2012

Master of Nursing (Urology & Continence)

Course code/s: Distance Education (HMNUCD), Melbourne (HMNUC)

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

Course Coordinator: Elizabeth Watt

Contact: ph (03) 9496 4461 email: e.watt@latrobe.edu.au

Course Duration:

Graduate Certificate: 1.5 years part-time

Postgraduate Diploma: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Master: 1.5 years full-time, 2-3 years part-time

The Master of Nursing (Urology & Continence) is a 1.5 year, full-time or 2-3 year, part-time award with exit options available at either the Graduate Certificate (1.5 years, part-time, 60 credit points) or the Postgraduate Diploma (1 year, full-time or 2 years part-time, 120 credit points). The course focuses on preparing nurses for advanced practice as specialist urology and continence nurses. This course meets the needs of the health care system by addressing the problem of the shortage of skilled nurses within the field of urological and continence nursing. The course is only available via distance education.

Admission requirements

Applicants seeking entry into the Master of Nursing (Urology & Continence) must be a Registered Nurse and hold a current practising certificate with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, or its equivalent.

 
Teaching period Subject code Subject title Credit Points Total Credit Points
TE-SEM-1 NSG4/5CHA Comprehensive Health Assessment 20 60
TE-SEM-2 NSG4/5SUC Speciality Urological & Continence Nursing 20
TE-SEM-1 NSG4/5TUC Therapeutic Urological & Continence Nursing 20
choose 20 credit points from:
TE-SEM-1/2 NSG4/5CAU Clinical Audit 20 20
TE-SEM-1/2 NSG5CPD Clinical Practice Development 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