Master of Nurse Practitioner (MNPractitioner)

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Detailed Program Information

Program Code
MNP

Program Faculty
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Special Notes

There will be no intake into this program in 2025.

Academic Year
2025

These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Master of Nurse Practitioner is 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, students must have completed the Graduate Diploma in Nursing Science, or an equivalent degree, 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.

The Master of Nurse Practitioner is an AQF Level 9 Masters Extension qualification with a standard full-time duration of 1 year.

Conditions

Condition of Admission
Student and Professional Registration: Students must be registered or eligible for registration as a nurse in South Australia.

Employment: Students are required to maintain continuing employment at a minimum fraction of 0.6 FTE in an area that supports active candidature as a nurse practitioner in order to complete Extended Clinical Practice I and Extended Clinical Practice II. If the employment status changes and students can no longer meet the requirement for continuing employment they may transfer to the Master of Nursing Science.

Program Maximum Duration: As specified in Table 1 of the Coursework Academic Programs Policy, this program must be completed within a Maximum Duration which includes any periods of non-enrolment, leave of absence or approved study at other institutions for credit towards a Program. 

Academic Program Rules for Master of Nurse Practitioner

There shall be a Master of Nurse Practitioner.

Qualification Requirements

To qualify for the degree of Master of Nurse Practitioner, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 24 units, comprising:

  1. Core courses to the value of 6 units
  2. Elective courses to the value of 12 units
  3. Work based training / extra mural studies to the value of 6 units

Core Courses

  • Core Courses

    To satisfy the requirements for Core Courses students must complete courses to the value of 6 units.

    NURSING 7015HO Applied Pharmacology in Nursing (3 units)
    and
    Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:
    NURSING 7102 Research Literacy (3 units)
    NURSING 7002HO Interpretive and Critical Research in Health (3 units)

  • Work Based Learning / Extra Mural Studies

    To satisfy the requirements for Work Based Learning / Extra Mural Studies students must complete courses to the value of 6 units.

    All of the following courses must be completed:

    Students must complete work based learning/extra mural studies courses offered by the University that are available to the student to the value of 6 units.

Electives

  • Elective Courses

    To satisfy the requirements for Elective Courses students must complete courses to the value of 12 units.

    Option 1: Research Dissertation

    Students must complete a research dissertation of not longer than 20,000–25,000 words:
    NURSING 7005HO Research Dissertation A (12 units)
    or
    NURSING 7006HO Research Dissertation A (Stage 1) (6 units)
    and
    NURSING 7007HO Research Dissertation A (Stage 2) (6 units)

    Option 2: Coursework

    Courses to the value of 12 units from the following, including courses to the value of 9 units from the research equivalent courses:
    Electives
    Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:
    NURSING 7003HO International Issues in Nursing Service Delivery (3 units)
    NURSING 7011HO Leadership and Management in Nursing (3 units)
    NURSING 7002HO Interpretive and Critical Research in Health (3 units)
    NURSING 7102 Research Literacy (3 units)
    Research Equivalent Courses
    NURSING 7013HO Systematic Review Project (6 units)
    NURSING 7012HO Systematic Reviews of Research (3 units)

Published on: 29 November, 2024 | 11:25:23

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