Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing (Online)

About the course

Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing is a part-time online course for registered nurses seeking advanced practice capability in critical care. You’ll build specialist knowledge to assess and manage critically ill patients in intensive care and high dependency settings, supported by industry-informed teaching and strong clinical connections with health partners across Australia. This graduate certificate focuses on advanced critical care nursing practice.

Career outcome

Graduates can progress into advanced practice roles in intensive care and high dependency environments, strengthening clinical judgement, assessment and decision-making for complex, critically ill patients. The course supports career development within hospital critical care services and can also underpin pathways into education, leadership, quality and safety, and research-related roles within nursing teams. This graduate certificate is designed for specialist careers in intensive care nursing.

Average Salary***

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***Source: PayScale.com (2026)