Graduate Diploma in Rural & Remote Mental Health Nursing

Course Code: IGRL 

AIM 
The Graduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Mental Health Nursing aims at providing advanced specialist knowledge and skills in rural and remote mental health nursing to psychiatric nurse practitioners and as such to prepare clinical leaders in this specific field of mental health nursing practice.  

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 
All applicants must be registered nurses currently holding a current practising certificate in South Australia enabling them to practice as a registered psychiatric nurse. 
Applicants will normally be required to hold an undergraduate degree or diploma. Applicants may also enter based on previous studies and experience in nursing assessed to equal 108 points (see note 1) as required to complete an undergraduate degree. 
Prior learning experiences may be taken into account in assessing eligibility for entry. 
Selection for entry will be made on an academic merit basis using criteria endorsed by the School of Nursing and Midwifery Graduate Programs Committee.  

The subjects are all available in flexible delivery mode (external packages) and may be taken as 1 year fulltime or 2 years part-time.  

NOTES 

1. Students will not be able to use points assessed and used for the purpose of meeting entry requirements to further credit when enrolled in the course.
2. Fees are currently paid by the South Australian Department of Human Services for South Australian Nurses working in Rural and Remote Mental Health