Advancing Practice. Clinical Impact

The Master of Nurse Practitioner is an academic program designed to provide opportunities for registered nurses to expand their skills and extend their scope of practice to prepare them for roles as nurse practitioners. In addition, students will develop advanced skills in clinical inquiry, practice and leadership in professional nursing. To be eligible for entry into the Master of Nurse Practitioner, candidates must have completed the Graduate Diploma of Nursing Science, or an equivalent degree, in the specialty for the stream of nurse practitioner in which they aim to practice and have at least two years post-registration nursing experience.

The Master of Nurse Practitioner will provide graduates with a rigorous grounding in research methods, extended clinical practice skills, advanced health assessment, applied pharmacology, diagnostics, critical analysis, clinical management and leadership.

Stage 1: Successful completion of Graduate Diploma (24 units)

Stage 2:

Candidate shall complete:

• Extended Clinical Practice I
• Extended Clinical Practice II
• Applied Pharmacology in Nursing

And one of the following:

• Empirical/Analytical Research in Health
• Interpretive and Critical Research in Health

And one of the following options:

Option 1: Dissertation and Coursework

• Research Dissertation A or
• Research Dissertation A (Stage 1) and
• Research Dissertation A (Stage 2)

Option 2: Coursework

• Systematic and Critical Reviews of Research
• Critical Review Project

And one of the following:

• Clinical Management
• International Issues in Nursing Service Delivery
• Emprical/Analyical Research in Health
• Interpretive and Critical Research in Health
• The Emergence of a Theoretical Base in Nursing

Master of Nursing Science

Admission Criteria

An applicant for admission to the program for the Master of Nurse Practitioner shall:

1. have qualified for a Graduate Diploma in Nursing Science (Stage 1 = 24 units) of the University in the specialty in which they propose to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or for a Graduate Diploma in Nursing from another university accepted for the purposes by the University; and
2. have minimum of 5000 hours of contemporary nursing practice of which 1700 hours minimum is at an
   advanced practice level in the relevant specialty area of practice; and evidence of current employment of at least 0.6 FTE as a Nurse Practitioner candidate in the specialty; and
3. be a Registered Nurse, or eligible for registration as a nurse in South Australia; and
4. have obtained the approval of the Discipline of Nursing.

• Discipline of Nursing