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About the course
Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing is designed for practising nurses seeking to build advanced, consumer-centred skills for mental health settings. You’ll study contemporary assessment and intervention approaches, covering major mental health conditions and therapeutic and pharmacological treatments, with flexibility to choose electives aligned to your interests. The course is delivered online and supports progression into advanced practice within mental health nursing at graduate diploma level.
Career outcome
Graduates can strengthen their practice in mental health across community and inpatient services, supporting consumers, carers and families using person-centred and recovery-oriented approaches. The course prepares nurses for more senior responsibilities, including advanced clinical practice and leadership within multidisciplinary mental health teams. Typical pathways include roles such as registered psychiatric/mental health nurse, senior clinician and team or service leadership positions in mental health care, aligned with graduate diploma nursing training.
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