Bachelor of Nursing

Duration: 3 Years (24 units included)

Course Start Dates: February

Entry Requirement

English: IELTS 7.0 (Academic with no sub score below 6.5)
Academic: Completion of Year 12 or equivalent

Tuition: aprox. AUD 18,560 / year

Career Description

Nursing provides a challenging yet rewarding vocation focused on the health and wellbeing of others. It is the science of professional caring and offers opportunities to promote and restore health, to prevent illness and to alleviate suffering. Nursing takes place wherever people are – in hospitals, in the community, in urban, rural and remote settings. The health care industry is ever changing and registered nurses are in high demand.

Career Prospects

Nursing graduates normally enjoy one of the highest employment rates in Australia given the rising demand for qualified nurses. As a graduate, you will be eligible to apply for registration as a nurse (RN) with the Queensland (or other states) Nursing Council.

You'll be prepared for a career in professional nursing in a healthcare environment and could specialise in a specific area such as aged care, emergency, mental health, paediatrics, midwifery, palliative care, intensive care, cancer, medical/surgical, community practice or women's health.

Sample Program structure

• Communication and Assessment in Nursing
• Research for Health Professionals
• Perspectives on Nursing, Health, Culture and Society
• Adapting to Health Changes in the Older Adult
• Psychosocial Health Across the Lifespan
• Complex Clinical Practice
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Nursing Practices
• Human Responses in Crisis
• Child and Family Nursing
• Wound and Pain Management
• Clinical Health Assessment
• Community Health and Diversity
• Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
• Health Promotion
• Acute Nursing
• Transitions to Practice
• Health Law and Ethics
• Contemporary Nursing

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