Graduate Diploma of Intensive Care Nursing (Online)

About the course

Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Intensive Care Nursing builds advanced practice capabilities for registered nurses working with critically ill patients. You will develop analytical, clinical decision-making, communication and leadership skills relevant to intensive care and high dependency contexts, guided by industry-connected critical care experts. The flexible online delivery supports working nurses and includes elective options to tailor learning toward leadership, education or management in intensive care nursing.

Career outcome

Graduates are prepared for advanced and senior clinical roles in intensive care and high dependency environments, applying evidence-based practice and high-level clinical judgement in interdisciplinary teams. The course supports progression into roles with greater responsibility in practice improvement, education, leadership and service development within critical care settings. This graduate diploma helps registered nurses strengthen specialist intensive care nursing expertise for complex, acute patient care.

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