Graduate Certificate in Neonatal Care

Graduate Certificate

The aim of this course is to improve neonatal clinical practice by enhancing the professional and ethical understanding, knowledge and skill of neonatal nurses and midwives, so that they are better able to provide evidence-based care, and optimise the health, growth and developmental outcomes of...

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Study Mode

Online

Intake Months

Jul

About this course

The aim of this course is to improve neonatal clinical practice by enhancing the professional and ethical understanding, knowledge and skill of neonatal nurses and midwives, so that they are better able to provide evidence-based care, and optimise the health, growth and developmental outcomes of neonates and their families.

The course is founded on the principles of cultural safety, and developmentally supportive, family centred care. The course responds to industry requirements for highly skilled neonatal clinicians capable of providing best practice in collaboration with other members of interprofessional teams and incorporates the Australian Standards for Neonatal Nurses, 4th Ed. (ACNN, 2019).

Graduates may use their advanced knowledge in advanced practice roles or to pursue further tertiary education.

Entry requirements

Admission to a graduate certificate course is based on academic merit and selection. In addition, applicants must satisfy any prerequisites or additional requirements specified for particular courses, including ACN's general eligibility criteria.

All applicants seeking admission are required to:

hold a Bachelor of Nursing or registered nurse* equivalent qualification
hold current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); or the equivalent registering authority in your country of origin
meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia English language skills registration standard (nursing and midwifery) - please refer to the AHPRA website to download the standard
have a minimum of one year of postgraduate experience; and
be currently employed in the clinical area of specialisation*

*For some GC units of study, consideration may be given for applicants who are not registered nurses on an individual basis.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

On the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Neonatal Care, students will be better able to:

Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide family-centred, developmentally supportive care in the neonatal specialty context and benchmark against appropriate professional standards
Discuss the legal, ethical, social, and cultural issues affecting neonates and their families
Evaluate neonatal practice against research and current literature, to identify potential areas of practice development, and support the provision of contemporary evidence-based neonatal care
Develop clinical decision-making and leadership skills through research, inquiry and interprofessional collaboration to enhance practice
Reflect on the advanced knowledge and skills required to maintain therapeutic relationships with neonates, their families and the interprofessional healthcare team

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Nursing courses at Australian College of Nursing (ACN).

83.2%

Overall satisfaction

79.7%

Skill scale

67.6%

Teaching scale

89%

Employed full-time

$87.2k

Average salary

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