The Critical Care Nursing specialisation is available to study as a graduate certificate and as part of the Master of Advanced Practice. It is designed for registered nurses who are interested in developing greater capabilities in complex clinical decision-making.

Specialist streams include:

• Emergency
• Intensive Care
• Coronary Care
• Paediatric Intensive Care
• Neonatal Intensive Care
• Paediatric Emergency*
• High Dependency*

(*subject to availability)

Key components include: 

• the core concepts and physiology of normal homeostatic function 
• pathophysiology, pathogenesis and aetiology of conditions 
• interventions and management strategies used to restore homeostasis.