Graduate Certificate of Perianaesthesia Nursing

Each year 2.8 million hospitalisations in Australia result in surgical interventions. Integral to these interventions are the perianaesthesia nurses providing care and support before, during and after the administration of anaesthesia. Deakin's Graduate Certificate of Perianaesthesia Nursing will equip you with the assessment, practical and communication skills needed to be a high-performing member of a multidisciplinary perioperative team.

Ranked #16 in the world^ our School of Nursing and Midwifery is one of Australia's largest and most established schools. You'll be learning from the best with the School's cutting-edge research recognised as well above world standard#. Our strong industry connections mean you will be guided by experts in critical care and perioperative nursing as you explore the current and emerging trends, concepts, knowledge and evidence that provides the policy and practice framework in which perianaesthesia nursing takes place.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career in the specialised field of perianaesthesia nursing?

As a graduate of Deakin's Graduate Certificate of Perianaesthesia Nursing you will demonstrate ethical, safe, high quality, expert clinical decision-making abilities within a multidisciplinary team. Your specialised theoretical knowledge, evidence-based practice and person-centred care will allow you to practise effectively at an advanced practice level, ensuring you are well placed to meet the industry demand for nurses with specialty skills.

Elective units available from your first year enable you to pursue specific areas of interest and career goals. You can choose from complementary areas of practice to your specialisation, or undertake studies preparing you for roles in education, leadership or management.

Deakin's strong industry connections ensure a high level of collaboration and support during your clinical practice. This means that while you study you can immerse yourself in your specialty nursing practice area with one of our numerous metropolitan, rural and regional health partners across Australia.

Our innovative online program delivers a rich, interactive and empowering learning experience designed for postgraduate nurses. Live-streaming seminars and class discussions will encourage critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork skills. Australia's top-rated tech support and access to our expert teaching staff means you can learn at your own pace, when and where it suits you, without compromising quality or support.

This course will enable you to:

• critically assess and apply the concepts and principles of anaesthetic management and postoperative care
• develop an advanced understanding of pharmacological therapies including anaesthetic agents, adjunct therapies and pain management therapies
• perform patient assessment and monitoring of neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory and haemodynamic states
• manage complex and special populations to identify risk and inform decisions that deliver safe, high quality nursing care to promote optimal patient outcomes
• assess and manage anaesthetic requirements for complex patients and emergency presentations
• demonstrate skills in advanced monitoring and postoperative anaesthesia care following complex and specialty surgery.

To complete the Graduate Certificate of Perianaesthesia Nursing students must attain 4 credit points comprising of 2 core units and 2 credit points of course electives.

Both the theoretical and clinical components of the assessment for each unit must be passed in order to successfully gain an overall pass in this course. Compulsory clinical hurdles form part of the assessment of this course. Recognition of the importance of clinical assessments is calculated in the overall student workload.

Note: Failure of a compulsory clinical component in a unit will normally lead to exclusion.

All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first trimester of study.

Note: Students wishing to complete a thesis at the masters level, must complete HNN730 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning and HNN749 Patient and Risk Management during their Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in order to gain the