Bachelor of Nursing

BN

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Ballarat
• Blacktown
• Brisbane
• Canberra
• Melbourne
• North Sydney

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

To qualify for the Bachelor of Nursing degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 60 cp from Interdisciplinary Learning Units (Part A);
2. 20 cp from University Core Curriculum Units (Part B);
3. 100 cp from Nursing Theory Units (Part C);
4. 60 cp from Clinical Nursing Practice Units (Part D).

Progression requirements

Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence. Unit prerequisites have been minimised to assist student progression through the program. Prerequisites preclude students from enrolling in units where foundational knowledge is insufficient.

Part A : Interdisciplinary Learning Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL121	Human Biological Science 1	10
BIOL122	Human Biological Science 2	10
HLSC111	The Person, Health and Wellbeing	10
HLSC120	Indigenous Health and Culture	10
HLSC122	Evidence for Practice	10
HLSC220	Health Care Ethics	10

Part B : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10

Part C : Nursing Theory Units

Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
NRSG136	Introduction to Australian Nursing Practice	10	Please note that the unit NRSG136 is only taken by Bachelor of Nursing students who are overseas-qualified nurses and who follow a slightly different course map, as advised by the Course Coordinator
NRSG138	Transition into Nursing	10
NRSG258	Principles of Nursing Surgical	10
NRSG263	Principles of Nursing Mental Health	10
NRSG265	Principles of Nursing: Medical	10
NRSG266	Principles of Nursing: Contexts of Ageing	10
NRSG367	Transition to Professional Nursing	10
NRSG371	Building Healthy Communities	10
NRSG372	Principles of Nursing: Chronic Illness and Disability	10
NRSG374	Principles of Nursing: a Palliative Approach	10
NRSG375	Clinical Leadership	10

Part D : Clinical Nursing Practice Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
NRSG139	Integrating Practice 1: Assessment in Health	10
NRSG140	Integrating Practice 2	10
NRSG264	Integrating Practice 3	10
NRSG267	Integrating Practice 4	10
NRSG373	Integrating Practice 5	10
NRSG376	Integrating Practice 6	10