Graduate Diploma
Take the next step in your nursing career.
La Trobe's Graduate Diploma in Child, Family and Community Nursing prepares you for a broad community approach to nursing children and families, particularly those in the prenatal to school-entry stage of their life cycle.
Study community child health, including the nurturing care of mothers, children and families throughout the childbearing years. Explore the practice of nursing, midwifery research, Indigenous health, perinatal health and the care of families facing adversity. Graduate ready to apply an evidence based approach to practice, communicate effectively, critically analyse and apply principles for optimal health outcomes.
As part of the course, you'll undertake 40 days of clinical practice in community-based maternal, child health and early childhood education settings.
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8.
Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.
To qualify for the award of Graduate Diploma in Child, Family and Community Nursing, students must complete a total of 120 credit points across 1 year.
Year 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH NSM4CCH 1 15 NURTURING CHILD AND FAMILY NSM5CAF 1 15 COMPLEX CARE IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING NSM5COM 1 30 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PRACTICE NSM4MCH 1 30
A range of standalone elective subjects is available in this course. Some electives are recommended for your course, but you may also be able to choose from a range of University-wide electives or electives from other interest areas or disciplines. Note these electives may have their own prerequisites and other requirements. Please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook for the subjects available. The following electives are recommended for Graduate Diploma in Child, Family and Community Nursing.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points INDIGENOUS PERINATAL HEALTH NSM4IPH 1 15 RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE IN MIDWIFERY NSM4REM 1 15 RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS NSM5RFN 1 15 RESEARCH IN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY NSM5RES 1 30The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.
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As a graduate of this course, you will be well placed to find work within the specialised area of maternal and child health nursing.