Training For Nurses

To become a McGrath Breast Care Nurse, you need to have relevant post graduate qualifications in breast care nursing or cancer nursing. Please refer to the below websites for more information.

The College of Nursing

La Trobe University

The McGrath Foundation currently offers four scholarships through the Australian College of Nursing. These scholarships are open to registered nurses residing in Australia and include:

  • Three scholarships awarded for enrolment in ACN’s Graduate Certificate in Breast Cancer Nursing. Click here to apply.
  • One scholarship awarded to a registered nurse of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent for enrolment in ACN’s Graduate Certificate in Breast Cancer Nursing. Click here to apply.

Applications open Monday 29 April 2013 and close Monday 10 June 2013.



Breast Awareness

Breast cancer affects women of all ages, so being breast aware is very important to all women, including young women....
Click Here to see how you can become ‘Breast Aware’.

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Help the McGrath Foundation raise money to fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses. Please click here if you would like to make a donation.

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