Handbook

A study planner will help you decide what topics to study and when. Use it as a guide to plan your enrolment and complete your degree, alongside the program of study, ensuring all requisites are met.

Visit Study planner for more information.

Contact AskFlinders if you cannot find a relevant study planner.

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Nursing, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Not all topics are necessarily available each year. 

1. This Program of Study serves as a suggested study plan.  When core topics are offered in both halves of the year, students may enrol in these topics in either half of the year as long as requisites are met.
2. With the permission of the Course Coordinator alternate option topics offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences that are appropriate to the student's program of study may be substituted.

Applicants must normally hold an approved Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in Nursing from an approved tertiary institution.

AND

Must be currently registered to practice with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse.

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.