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About the course
This Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing develops knowledge and clinical skills to practise mental health nursing within ethical and legal boundaries. You will critically examine contemporary mental health issues aligned with national strategic directions, and build understanding of therapeutic use of self and lived experience of mental illness and crisis. The course also offers scope for focused study relevant to your practice and a pathway to the Master of Mental Health Nursing.
Career outcome
Graduates can pursue mental health nursing roles across a range of settings, applying specialist skills to support people experiencing mental illness, disorder or crisis. Career opportunities may include work in community health services, hospitals and other clinical environments, residential and aged care settings, and private nursing services. This Graduate Diploma supports professional development for registered nurses seeking to move into or advance within mental health nursing practice.
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