Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

Studying palliative care nursing with ACN will provide you with the principles of palliative care nursing to improve your knowledge and skills for the provision and coordination of evidence-based palliative care. The aim is to encourage the professional and ethical understanding of clinical practice development to improve patient outcomes.

Specialist nurses write our course, for nurses and students are supported by a team of clinical experts working within the speciality.

The Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care is designed for registered nurses looking to extend their palliative care capabilities to become future palliative care experts in their field.

The course aims to prepare students for advanced practice as registered nurses with palliative care clinical performance capabilities, critical decision-making, and leadership skills.

A Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care is an investment in your future. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure better outcomes for your patients and progress your career, leading to opportunities in clinical education, management, and specialist nursing roles.

The College of Nursing Australia (ACN) is committed to advancing nurse leadership to enhance health care. At our college, we strongly believe that all nurses can be leaders regardless of their job title or level of seniority. By bringing together thousands of extraordinary nurses from across the country, we build a strong collective voice for nursing and command respect and recognition our profession deserves.

We provide opportunities for our members to shape our position statements about important aspects of nursing, aged care, and health care delivery to all Australians.

As an educational organization, our postgraduate, continuing professional development (CPD) and training courses are renowned for equipping nurses with further knowledge of their chosen specialty and extending their clinical skills. We specialize in nurse leadership education, courses, and workshops. The College of Nursing Australia also develops customized education courses to meet organizational training needs.