Program Overview

Tailor your studies to your career aspirations with La Trobe's Master of Nursing.

Pursue clinical specialisations in relevant hospital settings with our prestigious health partners, or complete non-clinical specialisations to develop advanced knowledge of nursing research along with the critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills you need to thrive as a nursing researcher, educator or leader.

By completing La Trobe's Master of Nursing, you will:

• Learn to effectively plan, implement and evaluate practice in your specialised context, make high-level independent judgements, and function effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Benefit from a flexible, blended learning approach that offers face-to-face or fully online study options that you can fit around your work commitments
• Choose from clinical specialisations in acute care, cardiac care, critical care, medical imaging, neonatal care, neonatal special care, and perioperative practices; or non-clinical specialisations in health management, leadership or public health
• Explore the introduction to nursing in the Australian context, including an understanding of professional standards and the healthcare organisational system
• Investigate legal and ethical issues pertinent to nursing practice.

Specialisation: Neonatal Care

Support our youngest patients and their families at the beginning of their journey.

Learn how to deliver supportive and family-centered healthcare to newborn infants that are premature, low-birth weight or sick in the neonatal intensive care setting. Develop a deeper understanding of relationships between theory and evidenced-based practice through critical thinking, systematic analysis, and reflection. Expand your knowledge as you study risks, outcomes and complications related to preterm birth, congenital issues, birth trauma and the long-term impacts of acute neonatal care.