Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Non Specialisation)

This is a postgraduate AQF level-8 qualification for registered nurses who have completed a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent Or a three-year diploma in nursing.

This is one of the most popular courses in IHM; hundreds of overseas nurses who have completed this course have met the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s Australian nursing registration qualification eligibility requirements to work as a registered nurse in Australia by completing either the previous EPIQ-RN bridging program or the new nursing registration process for Internationally Qualified Registered Nurses, called Outcomes-based Assessment (OBA).

In Australia and across the world, the demand for postgraduate certified nurses is rising. With a Graduate Certificate in Nursing, you may improve your nursing career while contributing to the promotion of health, the prevention of disease, and the care of all individuals.

The program is a generic Graduate Certificate in Nursing designed to prepare registered nurses for entry to Australia’s Master of Nursing program. You will gain strong analytical skills and the capacity to conduct thorough patient assessments throughout the course.

This course is available online as well as on-campus. Our online course has been thoughtfully developed to accommodate the hectic schedules of nurses working across the world. On-campus delivery is available only in IHM’s Perth campus in Western Australia.

You will earn an internationally recognised Australian Government TEQSA authorised and qualified certificate upon completion of the course. If you hold a three-year diploma in nursing, this course will assist you in upgrading your qualification from AQF / NZQF level 6 to AQF / NZQF level 8 postgraduate nursing.

Please note that this course does not lead directly to nurse or midwife registration in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or Ireland. Studying this course will assist you in upgrading your qualification, and you will be needed to pass the applicable Nursing registration bodies’ registration exams or complete bridging programs, as well as meet other requirements, in order to get a nursing registration.

Outline:

• This four-unit course is available both online and on-campus
• Online intakes occur six times a year, while on-campus intakes occur three times a year at our Perth campus
• The duration of the online course is eight months
• The duration of the on-campus course is six months
• Accredited by TEQSA
• This program offers credits to the IHM’s Master of Nursing
• Diploma holder Nurses (minimum 3 years study) can meet the qualification requirement for IHM’s Master of Nursing after completion of this program
• This is a non-specialisation program. If you are a Bachelor’s degree level nurse looking to upskill your qualification in nursing with a specialisation, IHM now offers 13 specialisation programs known as the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing program.

Admission Requirements:

To be considered for admission to the GCN course, an Australian resident student or international student must meet the following requirements:

• Be a registered nurse with their country of origin or practice’s nursing board
• Hold a minimum of one year of experience as a Registered Nurse – 3 years Diploma holders
• Experience is not mandatory for Bachelors’s degree-qualified nurses
• Attend an interview with a member of the academic faculty at IHM
• Provide evidence of a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 with no band lower than 6, or comparable OET/PTE scores
• Students who do not have a valid English language exam score may take the IHM’s online English language test and meet the required pass mark

English Language Requirement:

• IELTS: 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0
• PTE: 56 overall with no band below 46
• OET: B for each exam component
• Before issuing an offer letter to enroll in the course, the academic staff will review all applications on a case-by-case basis