Master of Nursing (Chronic Disease and Ageing)

What you will study

In addition to the innovative core units, you will also complete a practical, multi-faceted research project. Each unit of study lasts for seven weeks.

Core Units

• Promoting Cultural Competence and Community Health
• Care Coordination in Practice
• Leading Improvement and Innovation
• Evidence and Research for Practice
• Complex Care Coordination
• Nursing Informatics
• Professional Development in Practice 
• Mental Health Nursing

Chronic Disease and Ageing Specalisation Units

• Innovation in Aged Care Practice 
• Ageing and Chronic Disease 
• Health and Wellbeing for the Older Person 
• Research Project: Chronic Disease and Ageing 

VU Online also offers a Master of Nursing specialisation in Nursing Leadership.

Entry requirements

To apply for the online Master of Nursing, you are required to have:

• Completed an AQF Level 7 Bachelor of Nursing, or equivalent qualification AND
• Current Registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) OR equivalent registration with the relevant registering authority for applicants outside of Australia AND
• Completed a minimum of one year of full-time clinical experience, or the part-time equivalent, as a registered nurse. OR
• Applicants without an AQF 7 Bachelor of Nursing or above who also hold current Registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) or applicants without sufficient clinical work experience will be considered for the Graduate Certificate in Nursing. On successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, applicants will be eligible for admission to this course with credit granted for completed units.

Recognition of prior learning

You may be eligible to enter into the masters with credit for past skills and/or study, known as advanced standing.
 
If you've already completed any of the units in the course in which you are enrolling, or their equivalent, you may be eligible for advanced standing.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Assess and apply current WHO and Australian Health priorities and cultural competency principles to promote community health.
• Formulate and lead quality and safety innovations for improved patient outcomes.
• Assume leadership for complex care coordination for clients.
• Provide leadership in informatics and its applications to digital healthcare.
• Contribute to advancing nursing knowledge, practice and design through the evaluation of research.
• Develop, implement and assess professional development programs for clinical settings.
• Lead or influence nursing care in a chosen specialty area.
• Design and undertake primary research in a specialist area. 

Career options

With the VU Master of Nursing, you’ll have the credentials needed to progress into management and leadership in one of the specialist areas of Chronic Disease and Ageing. Prospective career paths may include:

• Clinical nurse specialist
• Clinical research nurse
• Clinical nurse consultant
• Clinical nurse educator
• Nurse unit manager
• Leadership role in chronic disease and ageing
• Unit manager
• Director of nursing 
• Executive director of nursing

Fees & FEE-HELP

Student fees shown are subject to change. You may also be required to pay student amenities fees. Contact the university directly to confirm.

The fees shown are per unit. The number of units are listed above. Together they indicate the total fees for the course.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.