Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing
Course code: GC-CCN
January, June
AUD $14,000 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available
January, June
AUD $14,496 (2026 indicative first year fee)
IELTS 6.5: with no band less than 6.0
Career outcomes
Overview
- Gain clinical competencies and specialised skills required to practice as a critical care nurse
- Graduate with a range of varied career options across numerous hospital settings
- Graduate, and meet the entry requirements for the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice for further study
On completion of this course, you should have the clinical competencies to practice as a critical care nurse at a beginning competency level as benchmarked against Australian specialty practice competencies. As a critical care nurse, you will be qualified to provide essential care to high-dependency patients facing potentially life-threatening conditions in critical care environments such as intensive care units, emergency departments, and other high-acuity settings within hospitals and healthcare facilities.
Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing careers
You will graduate with a range of varied career options across numerous hospital settings, including:
- Intensive Care Unit (ICUs)
- High Dependency Units (HDUs)
- Coronary care units (CCU)
- Emergency departments (ED)
- Neonatal intensive care units (NICU),
- Paediatric intensive care units (PICU)
- And many more.
Further study
Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing, you will meet the entry requirements for the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice.