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Monash University Calendar
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences regulations
Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing)
1. Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing) (GradCertNurs(PsychNurs))
may be undertaken in the faculty.
2. Interpretations
In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears -
'candidate' means a candidate for the graduate certificate;
'course of study' means the course of study for the degree determined
by or under these regulations;
'faculty' means the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences;
'faculty board' means the faculty board of the faculty;
'graduate certificate' means the Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Psychiatric
Nursing);
'head' means head of the School of Nursing of the faculty or the director
of the Centre for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing of the faculty,
as the case requires;
'information handout' means a nursing handbook of the faculty or such
other publication whether in bound, loose leaf or electronic form concerning
the course of study as the faculty board determines from time to time.
3. Admission to candidature
3.1 An applicant for admission to candidature must be currently registered
in division 1 with the Nurses Board of Victoria and must -
3.1.1 have qualified in the university, or in another tertiary institution
approved by the faculty board, for a degree which the faculty board considers
a suitable preparation for the course of study; or
3.1.2 have qualifications and experience which, in the opinion of the
faculty board, are equivalent or a satisfactory substitute.
3.2 In selecting candidates, preference may be given to applicants with
experience in a relevant area of practice. 4.
Course of study
4.1 The course of study comprises subjects as determined by the faculty
board under this section.
4.2 The faculty board, with the consent of the Academic Board, may from
time to time determine the subjects comprising the course of study and
in relation to the subjects may determine any matter including but not
limited to -
4.2.1 number, timing, frequency, duration and content;
4.2.2 attendance and participation;
4.2.3 assessment; and
4.2.4 satisfactory completion.
4.3 The faculty board must cause each determination made under this section
to be published in an information handout.
5. Credit for previous work
5.1 Subject to this section, a candidate who, prior to candidature,
completed work which the faculty board considers equivalent to particular
work in the course of study, is deemed to have completed that particular
work and must be granted credit in respect of it.
5.2 Credit under this section must not be granted in respect of -
5.2.1 work completed more than seven years before admission to candidature,
unless the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines;
or
5.2.2 more than half the work in the course of study.
5.3 Where credit is granted to a candidate under this section, the head
must determine, with reference to the time limits prescribed in section
6, the period within which the candidate must complete the course of
study.
6. Time limits
Except where the faculty board in any particular case otherwise determines,
the course of study must be completed in not less than six months or
more than two years of candidature.
7. Satisfactory completion
A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study qualifies
for the graduate certificate.
8. Course requirements
8.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations
and with the requirements concerning the course of study determined by
the faculty board, as in force or published from time to time.
8.2 Where the faculty board considers that a candidate has, since first
enrolling for the graduate certificate, been unreasonably adversely affected
by any change in the regulations or course of study requirements, the
faculty board must permit the candidate to qualify for the graduate certificate
under the regulations or course of study requirements in force or published
at some time during candidature, provided the faculty board is satisfied
that the work so required to be completed is equivalent in standard to
that currently required to complete the course of study.
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