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Master of Nursing Practice (Pre-Registration) (SNPPR2 - 2026) | Charles Darwin University

Scholarship Availability: No Information Available
Course Duration: 2 year
Annual Course Fee: AUD $40,416.00.
Course Overview
The Master of Nursing Practice (Pre-Registration) is a professionally accredited degree that will allow you to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (Division 1). At CDU, you can study a Master of Nursing Practice (Pre-Registration) online or on campus, part-time or full-time. During the course, you will develop your critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills, which are essential in your registered nurse role.
The focus is on evidence-based nursing care and respect for the diverse contexts, cultures and communities where people live, connect and experience health, well-being, illness and disability. To complete the Master of Nursing Practice (Pre-Registration) and qualify as a Registered Nurse, you must undertake two types of practical experience: simulation blocks and supervised placements.
You will complete three simulation blocks (96 hours) during your study, which you will complete full-time at the Sydney (NSW), Alice Springs (NT), Darwin (NT) campus, or Brisbane (QLD) (simulation only), Melbourne (VIC) (simulation only). To meet the requirements of a Registered Nurse (Division 1), you will complete at least 800 hours of supervised clinical placements across the two years of the course in various healthcare settings in your state/territory of residency.
Regardless of your study mode or pattern, you must complete clinical placement full-time, with rotating shifts across a seven-day week. These may include night, weekend and public holiday shifts. Students are responsible for the cost of clinical placement and simulation block attendance (including travel and accommodation). Reasonable travel to attend placements is an expectation. Travel time and distance can include up to 2 hours one-way for metropolitan or rural areas.
Your placement is sourced within a 150-kilometre radius of where you live. To register as a nurse in Australia, you must meet the English language requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery ...