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Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy.

Post admission requirements

Hepatitis B immunisation:

Students must provide evidence of being immune to hepatitis B.  A blood-borne viral disease may result in a student’s inability to obtain a placement in a Queensland Health facility and consequently may result in their inability to complete the requirements of the course as accredited by the relevant professional accrediting body.  If a student has not complied with the above requirement before the start of their first placement, their enrolment will be terminated immediately.

For more information, refer to:

JCU Infectious Diseases Policy and Immunisation Guidelines

Additional course rules

Nil

Course Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner), graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced and integrated understanding of the range of extended practice competencies, behaviours, ethical frameworks and professional responsibilities of Nurse Practitioners in a way that integrates them into a nursing model of practice as is appropriate in a rural, remote, indigenous and tropical context

• Synthesise and interpret complex and varied individual and population health presentations and data, and apply a contemporary and advanced body of nursing knowledge and technical skill to design, implement and evaluate management plans that are responsive to patient determined outcomes in stable, unpredictable and complex situations

• Develop strategies to promote and optimize the health, welfare and autonomy of individuals and populations

• Evaluate and apply established and evolving evidence and concepts in their individual practice context

• Deliver and facilitate safe and effective collaborative patient-centred health outcomes within a clearly defined and accepted scope of practice

• Demonstrate a high level of personal autonomy and accountability for their own future professional development and contribute to the professional development of others

• Interpret and justify to specialist and non-specialist audiences’ theoretical propositions and methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions through high level literacy, numeracy and oral communication skills

• Design, plan and ethically execute a research-based project and/or piece of scholarship.

Townsville

Maximum time to complete

5 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Clinical placement/Professional practice:

This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements).

Further information about placements can be found at Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students.

Accreditation requirements

Must be registered as a nurse with AHPRA with no conditions relating to unsatisfactory professional performance or unprofessional conduct

Supplementary exam for final subject

Not applicable

Maximum allowed

18 credit points (maximum 12 credit points for formal studies; maximum of 6 credit points Recognised Prior Learning [RPL]).

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 11 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable