Program Overview

Bachelor of Nursing

The Bachelor of Nursing is a 3-year full-time or equivalent part-time course that requires the completion of 240 credit points. Semester 2 entry is available to domestic and international students on the Blacktown campus in 2024.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

• English (Units 3 & 4, C) in Queensland
• Units 3 and 4 a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL in Victoria
• No prerequisites are specified for ACT and New South Wales

Completion Requirements

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

• 60 credit points from Interdisciplinary Learning Units (Part A)
• 20 credit points from University Core Curriculum Units (Part B)
• 100 credit points from Nursing Theory Units (Part C)
• 60 credit points 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 minimized to assist student progression through the program.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

The course is divided into four parts:

Part A: Interdisciplinary Learning Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following units:

• BIOL121 Human Biological Science 1
• BIOL122 Human Biological Science 2
• HLSC111 The Person, Health and Wellbeing
• HLSC120 Indigenous Health and Culture
• HLSC122 Evidence for Practice
• HLSC220 Health Care Ethics

Part B: Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following units:

• UNCC100 Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society
• PHCC102 Being Human
• PHCC104 Ethics and the Good Life
• UNCC300 Justice and Change in a Global World
• PHCC320 The Just Society

Part C: Nursing Theory Units

Complete exactly 100 credit points from the following units:

• NRSG138 Transition into Nursing
• NRSG258 Principles of Nursing: Surgical
• NRSG263 Principles of Nursing Mental Health
• NRSG265 Principles of Nursing: Medical
• NRSG266 Principles of Nursing: Contexts of Ageing
• NRSG371 Building Healthy Communities
• NRSG372 Principles of Nursing: Chronic Illness and Disability
• NRSG374 Principles of Nursing: A Palliative Approach
• NRSG377 Transition to Contemporary Nursing and Clinical Leadership
• NRSG378 Principles of Nursing: Extended Clinical Reasoning

Part D: Clinical Nursing Practice Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following units:

• NRSG139 Integrating Practice 1: Assessment in Health
• NRSG140 Integrating Practice 2
• NRSG264 Integrating Practice 3
• NRSG267 Integrating Practice 4
• NRSG373 Integrating Practice 5
• NRSG376 Integrating Practice 6

Course Map

The course map outlines the units to be completed in each semester. There are two course maps available: one for students commencing in Semester 1 and one for students commencing in Semester 2 (Blacktown Campus only).

Commencing Semester 1

The course map for students commencing in Semester 1 is as follows:

• Year 1, Semester 1: HLSC120, HLSC122, NRSG138, NRSG139
• Year 1, Semester 2: HLSC111, BIOL121, Core Curriculum Unit 1, NRSG140
• Year 2, Semester 1: BIOL122, NRSG258, NRSG263, NRSG264
• Year 2, Semester 2: HLSC220, NRSG265, NRSG266, NRSG267
• Year 3, Semester 1: Core Curriculum Unit 2, NRSG378, NRSG372, NRSG373
• Year 3, Semester 2: NRSG371, NRSG374, NRSG377, NRSG376

Commencing Semester 2 (Blacktown Campus Only)

The course map for students commencing in Semester 2 is as follows:

• Year 1, Semester 2: HLSC120, HLSC122, NRSG138, NRSG139
• Year 1, Semester 1: HLSC111, BIOL121, Core Curriculum Unit 1, NRSG140
• Year 2, Semester 2: BIOL122, NRSG258, NRSG263, NRSG264
• Year 2, Semester 1: HLSC220, NRSG265, NRSG266, NRSG267
• Year 3, Semester 2: Core Curriculum Unit 2, NRSG378, NRSG372, NRSG373
• Year 3, Semester 1: NRSG371, NRSG374, NRSG377, NRSG376

All units are delivered in multi-mode, unless otherwise indicated in the map. Prerequisites are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit.