Master of Advanced Practice Nursing

Description

The Master of Advanced Nursing Practice (MANP) provides you with the confidence and skills to provide the best possible health care for your patients. Masters-prepared nurses will assume a major responsibility in developing new professional roles, devising new models of care and overseeing dynamic changes to practice. As a clinically proficient and professionally articulate MANP graduate, you will be prepared to make your mark on the profession and on health care.


The Master of Advanced Nursing Practice is a 200 credit point, on-campus coursework degree, with a clinical practice component, of two years' duration full-time and four years' duration part-time. If you enter the course with a postgraduate nursing qualification, such as a postgraduate diploma, you may be eligible for credit for up to 50% of the degree.

The first year of study provides the opportunity for you to extend your nursing knowledge and clinical competency in an area of specialty practice. In the second year of study you will focus on advanced practice skills and knowledge, preparing you for leadership roles in practice and education and for extended clinical roles, with the option of preparation for Nurse Practitioner endorsement for appropriately qualified applicants.

Enrolment in clinical components of the MANP is dependent on meeting the registration and clinical experience requirements outlined in the Admission requirements section. You must also have the support of your current employer to facilitate completion of specialty clinical competencies.

Requirements

Admission requirements for all specialty and advanced practice courses:

•a Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent training)
•at least one year of clinical experience as a registered Division 1, 3 or 4 nurse within the five years prior to applying for the course
•current unrestricted registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (formerly the Nurses Board of Victoria) in Division 1, 3 or 4 of the Register (courses with clinical components only)
•current employment and clinical support in your specialty area (courses with clinical components only)
•meet the University of Melbourne's English language requirements
If you are applying for the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Practice or Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing Practice or a clinical specialisation in the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice, you must provide evidence of current clinical employment and support by submitting a completed Confirmation of Clinical Employment and Support Form with your application.


English language requirements
All applicants must meet the University's English language requirements. If English is not your first language, there are a number of ways of demonstrating that you have met this requirement. Details are available on the University of Melbourne Future Students website.

Please note that while the University requires an IELTS score of 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0), the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia requires a score of 7.0 (with no band less than 7.0) to register for unrestricted practice as a Registered Nurse.

Notes

The course comprises 100 credit points of study in the first year and 100 credit points in the second year. In the first year, you will undertake a program of study identical to the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Practice or Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing. To enrol in subjects with clinical components you must meet the registration and clinical experience requirements outlined in the Admission requirements section. You must also have the support of your current employer to facilitate completion of specialty clinical competencies. During the first year of study, you may take up to 12.5 points of subjects from other disciplines.

In the second year, you can choose one of two pathways. Pathway 1 comprises 100 credit points of coursework subjects. Pathway 2 comprises 50 credit points of coursework subjects and a 50 credit point minor thesis. To achieve a specialisation award, assessment tasks completed in the second year must share the specialty focus of your first year studies. If you enrol in the generic program you can complete subjects to address areas of specialty practice not currently offered as specialty streams or you can combine subjects for a broader focus. In the second year you may also take up to 25 points of approved subjects offered in other disciplines. Please see the list of possible electives.