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