Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing (Online)

Want to take your Nursing career overseas? Here’s an excellent opportunity for GNM/Diploma Nurses to pursue a nursing career in Australia!

Currently, GNM/Diploma nurses are not eligible to apply for Australian Nursing Registration. The Graduate Certificate of Advanced Nursing will help you meet the eligibility requirements of the AHPRA Registration process. This outstanding Post Graduate study program allows you to gain an Advanced Nursing Certificate in the most sought-after nursing specialisations, and it is available for online study.

Attention AHPRA registered nurses!

Get a 25% scholarship by joining before 30th April 2024

Choose from 12 available nursing specialisation courses.

The course is specifically intended to help you improve your ability to manage an expanding number of patients with a range of diseases and with advanced study nursing needs in an acute care setting.

Acute Care Nursing

This specialty course will prepare you to assess nursing needs for patients in emergency situations. Emergency nursing involves knowledge, confidence, and abilities to care for patients successfully.

Emergency Nursing

This course will enhance your current nursing knowledge and abilities by focusing on neonatal nursing methods and specialised talents. You will feel confident in your ability to use these abilities when giving nursing care to a sick infant and assistance to the family

Neonatal Nursing

The course will enhance your practise in modern health settings by providing evidence-based, safe, ethical, and professional treatment that complies with regulatory criteria

Gerontology Nursing

This course will enhance your current nursing knowledge and explores the impact of acute and chronic illness, differentiation of the range of musculoskeletal dysfunction associated with trauma and emphasises assessment and management strategies within both the adult and paediatric setting.

Orthopaedics Nursing

This course provides a systematic introduction to the fundamentals of diabetes nursing, equipping students with the information and skills necessary to pursue a career as a Diabetes nurse in a variety of healthcare settings.

Diabetes Nursing

This course provides a systematic introduction to palliative care nursing concepts, emphasising the information and skills necessary to perform as a palliative care nurse in an average life health care context

Palliative Care Nursing

This course provides a structured introduction to the principles of perioperative nursing, laying the groundwork for the knowledge and skills necessary to practise as a perioperative nurse who provides client-centered care prior to, during, and after surgical and invasive procedures in a variety of healthcare settings (hospitals; day surgery centres; endoscopy suites).

Perioperative Nursing

Enhance your current nursing knowledge and abilities by developing critical care nursing methods and specialised talents.

Critical Care Nursing

Learn about paediatric nursing and get equipped with the skills to offer high-quality and safe nursing interventions.

Paediatric Nursing

Learn to assess the nursing needs of patients in a variety of clinical settings and develop a greater understanding of mental health theory and clinical practice.

Mental Health Nursing

Renal nursing is a specialised area of nursing practice that treats patients with kidney disease and educates both patients and families about treatment protocols.

Renal Nursing

Admission Requirements

These courses are exclusively available to registered nurses from any country (including their home country) who have completed GNMs or a three-year diploma in nursing with at least three years of relevant experience. Alternatively, B.Sc. nurses without experience are also eligible to apply for these courses.
Either a continuous five years of study in an English medium (including their highest qualification) or the successful completion of the IHM English test is required.

What makes IHM different from other institutes?

Affordable fees: The fees are lower compared to other universities or institutes.
Shorter duration: The course has a shorter duration compared to other universities or institutes.
Open to all: IHM is open to registered nurses from any country (including their home country) to join this course. However, other universities offering the same courses typically require registration as a registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and 12 months of recent clinical experience in Australia as a registered nurse.
English language tests not required: IELTS and TOEFL scores are not required at IHM. In contrast, other universities offering the same courses typically require an IELTS or TOEFL score.

Career Opportunities

This course will help you upgrade to a supervisory position with a higher pay scale.
Projected nurse shortages in Australia are expected to reach 123,000 by 2030. With a projected job growth of 13.9% for registered nurses and 23.1% for nurse managers by 2026*, there is a growing industry demand for nurses who can assume senior roles within healthcare settings. (Source: https://www.health. gov.au/)

*2021 Employment Outlook – for the five years to November 2026, Australian Government National Skills Commission.

Entry pathway to Master of Nursing.

Credit transfer is possible for the Master's program, allowing you to skip the first semester of the Master of Nursing course upon completion of the GCAN Online course.

The Graduate Certificate of Advanced Nursing will equip you with the skills and knowledge to meet the demand for specialized nurses, enabling you to take a leading role in driving positive patient outcomes across various positions. Depending on the units you have completed, your expertise will qualify you for a range of roles, including
1. Clinical nurse educator associate
2. Unit manager
3. Clinical nurse specialist research roles.
4. Associate Nurse Unit Manager

Our students choose us for the following reasons:

You can obtain a AQF Level 8 Postgraduate Degree from an esteemed Australian college.
Flexible online classes for 26 weeks (about 6 months).
Payment plans are available.
Six months full-time or one year part-time.
Obtain a higher-level qualification beyond post B.Sc nursing. with lesser time and effort required for completion compared to Post B.Sc. for GNM nurses, where Post B.Sc. is only at Level 7. Additionally, upon completion of this course, you will become eligible to apply for Australian Nursing Registration.
Recognized and accepted in all English-speaking countries.
IHM is one of Australia's most renowned nursing schools, which has successfully trained over 3000+ nurses in the country.

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