Gain the qualifications and skills to evolve your nursing career as fast as healthcare itself is changing.
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James Cook University’s Online Graduate Diploma in Nursing is an 8-subject 100% online course. It will help you take on more complex roles and deliver better patient care. Choose from degrees in Advanced Practice, Education, and Leadership and Management.
The nursing master's program at JCU Online offers three majors.
Leadership and Management
Focuses on leadership, ethics, and management within healthcare. Includes studies on communication, informatics, finance, conflict resolution, and evidence synthesis.
Education
Targets health professionals transitioning to educational roles. Covers teaching principles, coaching, communication, informatics, and evidence synthesis.
Advanced Practice
For nurses enhancing clinical skills. Features advanced assessment, medicine quality use, applied health assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and evidence synthesis.
The total cost for the Graduate Diploma of Nursing Online at James Cook University is $24,416 in 2025. This includes the cost of all 8 subjects at $3,052 per subject.
However, Australian students are normally eligible for FEE-HELP, a government loan program that allows you to defer payment of their tuition fees until you start earning above a certain income threshold.
The course is delivered 100% online, and you have six chances per year to start the program (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sept, Oct).