BN

Credit points

160

Minimum duration

2 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

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed an approved and accredited Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) and hold current registration as an enrolled nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2023 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the Bachelor of Nursing degree, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 30 cp from Interdisciplinary Learning Units (Part A);
  2. 10 cp from University Core Curriculum units (Part B);
  3. 80 cp from Nursing Theory units (Part C);
  4. 40 cp from Clinical Nursing Practice Units (Part D).

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progression through this course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • UNCC300Justice and Change in a Global World10 CP
  • PHCC320The Just Society10 CP


Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

  • NRSG258Principles of Nursing: Surgical10 CP
  • NRSG263Principles of Nursing Mental Health10 CP
  • NRSG265Principles of Nursing: Medical10 CP
  • NRSG371Building Healthy Communities10 CP
  • NRSG372Principles of Nursing: Chronic Illness and Disability10 CP
  • NRSG374Principles of Nursing: A Palliative Approach10 CP
  • NRSG377Transition to Contemporary Nursing and Clinical Leadership10 CP
  • NRSG378Principles of Nursing: Extended Clinical Reasoning10 CP

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • NRSG264Integrating Practice 310 CP
  • NRSG267Integrating Practice 410 CP
  • NRSG373Integrating Practice 510 CP
  • NRSG376Integrating Practice 610 CP

Course map

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Course maps are subject to change. Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Commencing Semester 1

  • Interdisciplinary Learning UnitsHLSC122Evidence for Practice10 cp
  • Nursing Theory UnitsNRSG263Principles of Nursing Mental Health10 cp
  • Nursing Theory UnitsNRSG258Principles of Nursing: Surgical10 cp
  • Clinical Nursing Practice UnitsNRSG264Integrating Practice 310 cp
  • Interdisciplinary Learning UnitsBIOL122Human Biological Science 210 cp
  • Interdisciplinary Learning UnitsHLSC220Health Care Ethics10 cp
  • Nursing Theory UnitsNRSG265Principles of Nursing: Medical10 cp
  • Clinical Nursing Practice UnitsNRSG267Integrating Practice 4

    (Pre: NRSG258 & NRSG263)

    10 cp

All units are delivered in multi-mode.

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit. 

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