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Microcredentials
ACN’s Microcredentials are short, flexible courses designed to fit busy schedules
ACN’s Microcredentials are short, accredited courses designed to give you practical skills you can immediately apply in practice, as well as stack towards a Graduate Certificate. Explore our course options in leadership and management, or specialise your skills in wound care, chronic disease, or respiratory nursing, and so many more.
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Why choose ACN Microcredentials
Explore ACN's Microcredential offerings
Choose from a diverse range of Microcredential courses, designed to help you specialise in the specific area that aligns with your career goals.
808: Introduction to Dermatology Nursing
Explore legal, ethical and clinical foundations of dermatology nursing covering professional practice and integumentary anatomy.
809: Common Dermatological Conditions and Disorders
Build dermatology expertise, explore skin ageing and common conditions across key disorder categories with practical, applied learning.
810: Assessment and Management of Dermatological Conditions
Develop skills in assessing and managing dermatological conditions covering physical and psychosocial assessment, chronic disease management and health promotion.
814: Chronic Disease Assessment
Learn to effectively manage and support patients with long-term conditions.
815: Chronic Disease Support
Gain the knowledge and skills required to support and educate people living with chronic disease.
816: Chronic Disease Engagement
Support planning for individuals with chronic diseases focuses on enhancing their daily functioning and considers their personal preferences and needs.
817: Introduction to Respiratory Nursing
Gain foundational skills in assessing and caring for patients with respiratory issues.
818: Acute, Chronic and Other Respiratory Conditions
Enhance your knowledge of respiratory health covering acute, chronic, and other respiratory conditions.
819: Respiratory Management
Gain essential knowledge and skills in respiratory management and rehabilitation to effectively support individuals with respiratory conditions.
823: Principles of Homeostasis and Respiration
Advance clinical physiology knowledge, explore homeostasis and respiratory function with higher-level critical thinking and practical application for healthcare practice.
824: Integrated Physiologic Monitoring: Acid-Base and Haemodynamic Stability
Strengthen clinical understanding of homeostasis covering acid–base balance, cardiovascular and renal regulation, fluid and electrolyte control, and arterial blood gas
825: Physiological and Immunological Adaptation to Stress in Clinical Practice
Understand physiological responses to stress, pain and illness. Examine nervous, endocrine and immune system interactions to support evidence-based nursing care.
830: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Parkinson’s
Deepen your knowledge of Parkinson's to provide better care and support for patients.
831: Integrated Clinical and Multidisciplinary Parkinson’s Care
Learn to support patients with both typical and atypical Parkinson’s.
832: Navigating Ethics and Law in Parkinson’s Care
Deepen your knowledge in this specialised area by exploring legal and ethical issues related to advanced care in Parkinson’s.
833: Introduction to Breast Cancer
Build confidence in guiding patients through their breast cancer journey.
834: Prevalence and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Explore the epidemiology of breast cancer, current statistics, and the vital role of specialist breast care nurses in providing competent
835: Breast Cancer Treatment
Explore the various approaches to the treatment of breast cancer.
836: Social Determinants of Health in Alcohol and Other Drugs
Explore social determinants of health and Alcohol and Other Drugs policy - examining harm reduction, health service integration, and collaborative
837: Integrating Policy and Services in Alcohol and Other Drugs Nursing
Examine collaborative, cross-sector approaches to Alcohol and Other Drugs care - connecting AOD services, primary care, emergency departments and community
838: Health Promotion Principles in the Context of Alcohol and Other Drugs Nursing
Explore health promotion and harm reduction in alcohol and other drugs nursing focusing on nurse-led strategies, early intervention, community engagement
842: Understanding and Assessing Pain in Infants and Children
Develop paediatric pain management skills - covering pain science, assessment and family-centred care to support safe, compassionate nursing practice.
843: Pharmacological Strategies in Paediatric Pain Control
Learn safe, effective pharmacological pain management for infants and children - covering analgesic dosing, multimodal strategies, monitoring, and adverse effect
844: Non-Pharmacological Pain Management for Children and Infants
Explore comprehensive paediatric pain management - integrating non-pharmacological strategies to support safe, evidence-based, child-centred care.
845: Embryonic and Fetal Development
Gain foundational knowledge on early human development, ideal for those in maternal health care.
846: Pregnancy, Antenatal Care, and Pregnancy Complications
Explore the impact of maternal health on the growing fetus.
847: Foundations of Infection Prevention and Control
Refresh contemporary infection prevention and control knowledge - covering transmission routes, standard precautions, antimicrobial stewardship, and multidrug-resistant organisms.
848: A Systems Approach to Infection Prevention and Control
Advance infection prevention expertise - explore communicable diseases, healthcare-acquired infections, and core epidemiology and surveillance principles for nursing practice.
849: Environmental and Professional Considerations in Infection Prevention and Control
Build advanced infection prevention expertise - covering environmental cleaning, waste management, facility design requirements, and staff training and immunisation programs.
850: Healthcare Data Dynamics: Unlocking the Power of Information
Discover how healthcare data supports improved patient outcomes and enhances the quality and efficiency of nursing and midwifery care.
851: Digital Health in Practice Communication and Ethics
Explore effective healthcare data communication - understanding how data sharing supports clinical decision-making, patient outcomes, and system efficiency.
852: Navigating Data, Security, and Law in the Digital Health Landscape
Explore healthcare data science foundations - covering analytics, visualisation, privacy, ethics and legal requirements to support safe, effective Australian healthcare
853: Introduction to Leadership
Develop core leadership skills to inspire and guide your team.
854: Introduction to Management
An introduction to key theoretical concepts related to management and organisations.
855: Essentials of Leadership and Management
Explore key clinical relationships with this microcredential on mentoring, preceptorship, and coaching. Learn effective communication and feedback strategies in healthcare.
859: Introduction to Wounds: Anatomy, Physiology and Assessment
Master essential wound assessment and management techniques.
860: Specific Wound Conditions
Develop the skills and knowledge to examine specific types of acute and chronic wounds.
861: General Principles of Wound Management
Develops wound management knowledge and skills through a principles-based approach aligned with guidelines and standards.
871: Labour, Birth and Neonatal Transition
Enhance your comprehension of regular newborn transitional events and the subsequent maintenance of homeostasis.
872: Parkinson’s Care and Advancing Professional Practice
Extend your knowledge of caring for individuals diagnosed with and living with Parkinson's disease.
873: Managing Diabetes Across the Lifespan
Designed for nurses working in acute care, community and paediatric settings.
874: Principles of Evidence-based Cancer Treatments
Develops core skills to deliver holistic, evidence-based care for people living with cancer across varied practice settings.
875: Oncology Emergencies and End-of-life Care in Cancer
Designed for nurses caring for people with cancer across acute, oncology, outpatient and community care settings.
876: Culturally Safe Care and the Multidisciplinary Cancer Team
Explores multidisciplinary, culturally safe cancer care, supporting holistic, patient‑centred practice across the cancer continuum.
How microcredentials work
Start with a single course, build practical skills you can use immediately, and stack credits towards a graduate certificate when you’re ready.
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Choose your first course
Start with any microcredential that fits your goals and interests. Each course is online, self-paced, and designed to make an impact in your practice right away.
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Build your expertise
As you complete more courses, you build expertise in essential areas. Each microcredential you complete adds to your skills and prepares you for greater responsibility.
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Stack towards a Graduate Certificate
Combine your completed courses to work towards a graduate certificate, creating a pathway to formal qualifications on your own schedule.
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Why study with ACN
*The ACN Member discount cannot be applied to the Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Re-entry).
Want to quickly accrue CPD hours? ACN offers a range of online and face-to-face courses in our CPD Centre.
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