Monash University
Master of Advanced Nursing (Leadership and management in healthcare)
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
Develop your advanced leadership, management and strategic skills to lead and improve healthcare organizations and teams.
Course overview
The Master of Advanced Nursing course prepares nurses and midwives for leadership roles in management, education, disaster management and leadership, palliative and end-of-life care, trauma nursing and advanced midwifery. You will develop advanced practice knowledge and leadership in specialist practice, including skills to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate health care, as well as the ability to formulate policy for a diverse and multicultural society.
Graduates are employed in a wide range of general and specialist clinical, educational and healthcare environments in senior positions and contribute to the health of individuals, families and communities, in addition to the development of the profession.
CSP Subsidised Fees Available
This program has a limited quota of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). The indicative CSP price is calculated based on first year fees for EFT. The actual fee may vary if there are choices in electives or majors.
Key facts
From $688 (CSP)
What you will study
To qualify for the award of Master of Advanced Nursing (Leadership and management in healthcare), students must fulfil a total of 96 credit points.
Leadership and management in healthcare specialisation
You must complete 24 credit points from the following units.
Note: You can only choose one of "Leading improvement and innovation in the quality and safety of health care" unit and "Financial management in health care" unit to be included in your 24 credit points.
- Clinical leadership in healthcare (6 credit points)
- Leading improvement and innovation in the quality and safety of health care (6 credit points)
- Financial management in health care (6 credit points)
- Management and leadership in healthcare practice (12 credit points)
Entry requirements
Entry level 1: 96 points to complete and duration: two years full-time, four years part-time:
An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in Nursing with at least a credit (60%) average.
Entry level 2: 72 points to complete and duration: 1.5 years full-time, three years part-time:
An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) in Nursing with at least a credit (60%) average, and a minimum of two years of full-time equivalent relevant professional experience in nursing.
Entry level 3: 48 points to complete and duration: one year full-time, two years part-time:
An Australian bachelor honours degree (or equivalent) in Nursing with at least a credit (60%) average.
English language requirements
For entry to Monash University, you must meet the minimum English language requirements. You can do this by completing one of the qualifications listed on their website.
Recognition of Prior Learning
You may be eligible for recognition of prior learning if you have previously studied or have relevant work experience. This will help to reduce the number of courses that you need to study to finish your program. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:
- Employ creative approaches and skills to address complex nursing or midwifery and health-related issues.
- Support the development of evidence-based nursing or midwifery interventions.
- Initiate, manage and sustain changes which positively affect health outcomes.
- Evaluate the impact of care delivery on health outcomes.
- Provide professional leadership.
- Contribute to the development of nursing or midwifery knowledge and practice through education, research, scholarly debate, presentation and publication.
- Generate and apply advanced knowledge and skills in a selected area of professional nursing or midwifery practice.
Fees and CSP
Indicative annual fee in 2025: $5,500 (Commonwealth Supported Place)
Indicative annual fees are based on your first year of study (eight units).
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
Commonwealth Supported Places
The Australian Government allocates a certain number of CSPs to the universities each year, which are then distributed to students based on merit.
If you're a Commonwealth Supported Student (CSS), you'll only need to pay a portion of your tuition fees. This is known as the student contribution amount – the balance once the government subsidy is applied. This means your costs are much lower.
Limited CSP spaces are offered to students enrolled in selected postgraduate courses.
Your student contribution amount is:
- Calculated per the courses you're enrolled in.
- Depending on the study areas they relate to.
- Reviewed and adjusted each year.
HECS-HELP loans are available to CSP students to pay the student contribution amount.
