Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
Degree Level Postgraduate
Year 2024
You're considered an Australian student if you are any of the following:
Degree Level Postgraduate
Year 2024
Program Code
IMNS
SATAC Code
4CM095 (External)
Study as
Part-time only
Mode
On-campus/Online
All applicants must:
In addition, to be accepted into the program, applicants will be required to provide documentation including:
The Information for Prospective Students pack includes an application checklist and all required forms.
The program is available on a part-time basis only and will normally be completed over 3 years part-time.
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With the Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner), Registered Nurses can acquire additional knowledge, skills and competencies for expanded practice to work at an advanced level.
This qualification examines the role of Nurse Practitioners in the delivery of healthcare, including the legal, ethical and professional issues relating to autonomous and multi-disciplinary practice.
Only part-time study is available, over a minimum of three years, to be flexible around your work/life schedule. As part of your studies, you’ll be involved in 300 hours of supernumerary integrated professional practice experience across several courses in the program.
For further details about the program including Clinical Support Team information, please read the Information for Prospective Students.
Students who undertake activities where interaction with patients/the public is required for their degree, such as field or clinical placements/visits and in University clinics and gyms, must demonstrate they meet mandatory pre-placement conditional requirements. These include criminal history clearance, child related employment clearance and immunisation requirements. Please visit the Clinical Placement Unit for information on key requirements, and to access the full student checklists.
On entry to the qualification, you will be required to confirm that you meet the ‘Fitness to Practice in Clinical Placements’ requirements prior to undertaking the internship courses. Students undertaking supernumerary integrated professional practice experience are also required to meet the conditional evidence requirements of their employers.
You’ll gain advanced knowledge and skills in health assessment, diagnosis and investigative procedures; as well as prescribing and evaluating treatments and medications. You‘ll become competent in designing research relevant to the role, and you’ll develop your understanding of advanced epidemiology concepts.
As part of your learning, you can complete two Nurse Practitioner Internship courses, where you’ll be mentored by your Clinical Support Team members in your workplace to assist you to develop the advanced knowledge and skills required of a Nurse Practitioner.
Designed to meet industry needs head-on, the Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) is for Registered Nurses wanting the expertise and authority to diagnose and treat people of all ages with a variety of acute or chronic health conditions.
Offered across online platforms and in state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll learn from specialist postgraduate teaching staff and internationally renowned researchers. The curriculum is informed by UniSA's well above world-class research in nursing1, and is relevant to the clinical translation of national health priorities.
You’ll benefit from the flexibility of part-time or full-time study options across online learning and on-campus workshops.
We’re home to the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, where leading researchers are working to strengthen the role of the nursing and midwifery professions across the health system.
Our flexible suite of postgraduate nursing and midwifery qualifications are designed to recognise your prior learning and advance your career. Upon successful completion, you may then be eligible to gain credit into higher level qualifications and reduce the overall duration of your study.
You’ll graduate from this degree with eligibility to seek endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner.
12018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA).
Hear from Dr. Allison Roderick, UniSA's Program Director of Postgraduate Nursing and Midwifery Programs, on how postgraduate study can take your career as an Registered Nurse even further.
You’ll graduate with an advanced postgraduate qualification recognised Australia-wide, which you can use to seek endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner. Once endorsed, you’ll be able to work in your Nurse Practitioner role in your aligned scope of practice.
UniSA Nurse Practitioner graduates work in many diverse areas such as:
Graduates satisfy the academic requirements for endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. The requirements for endorsement are determined by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
The program has been accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
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Our campuses have fantastic facilities including modern lecture theatres, libraries, workshops, laboratories, tech zones, and spaces that simulate real work environments. You’ll also find student gyms and campus sport activities to keep you active. We also offer flexible study options, with online resources available for accessing lecture recordings, virtual classrooms, library resources and learning support.
Adelaide also has a variety of accommodation options to suit different requirements and budgets. Options include dedicated student accommodation and private rentals. See our long-term accommodation pages, or explore our student accommodation by Scape on Bank Street in Adelaide’s lively cultural precinct, an ideal location for students. It is within easy reach of UniSA’s city and metropolitan campuses, Rundle Mall shopping, the Central Market, Chinatown, and the West End’s vibrant nightlife. It is also across the road from the Adelaide train station, and on bus and tram routes.
I have worked as a clinician, academic and manager across many different areas of nursing practice. This has included intensive care, perioperative, infection prevention and control, and COVID-19 surveillance. As program director, I want to ensure that every registered nurse becomes a life-long learner upon completion of their program – that they are equipped with the best evidence, challenged in their thinking and taught innovative ways to tackle tomorrow’s nursing challenges.
There are a number of ways to apply to study UniSA's undergraduate and postgraduate coursework degrees.
Applications for admission into the University of South Australia’s undergraduate and most postgraduate degrees are made via the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Visit satac.edu.au and follow the links.
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Postgraduate study by research
For information on applying to do postgraduate study by research, including Master of Research, PhDs or Doctorates, please visit unisa.edu.au/resdegrees.
Undergraduate
Yes. The deadline to apply to study a degree at UniSA for semester one (commencing late February) and be given equal consideration is in early December. While you may be able to apply after this date, you are not guaranteed to be considered equally with other applicants and your application may not be assessed in time for the main round of offers (mid January). Some degrees will not make any offers after the main offer round. Please click here find all of the key dates for applications here.
Postgraduate
Most postgraduate degrees do not have a closing date for applications. However, there are exceptions, so it is best to check – either on the SATAC website, Apply Online or the degree homepage. Postgraduate offers are normally ‘rolling’, meaning they may be sent out at any time up until the program starts. This also means that applications may close at any time without warning, if the quota is filled earlier. For this reason, postgraduate applications should be submitted without delay. For more information, please contact our Future Student Enquiries team on (08) 8302 2376 or via the online enquiry form.
Credit transfer or advanced standing
You may be eligible to receive a credit transfer or advanced standing for your chosen UniSA degree based on your previous studies, if they are in a related area at an equivalent or higher level. Receiving a credit transfer will reduce the number of courses you undertake within the degree, and may also reduce the overall duration of your degree.
Recognised prior learning
If you have related industry experience, you may also be eligible to receive recognised prior learning for this experience. Receiving recognised prior learning will normally reduce the number of courses you undertake within the degree, and can reduce the duration of the degree.
How do I get credit?
Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning is assessed on a case-by-case basis by the Program Director who will discuss your prior learning and experience with you to ascertain what credit you may be eligible for.
Many of our credit transfer arrangements are listed on our online Credit Assessor.
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