Program Overview

Registered Nurse Conversion - Non-Registration Nurse Stream (BSc Nursing)

Overview

This stream is ideal for nurses who already hold registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (Division 1), and want to advance their qualification from diploma level to bachelor degree.

The stream builds on your professional knowledge and experience as a registered nurse and enhances your capability as a member of an interprofessional team in a changing healthcare system.

You will study research, evidence informed practice and the biological and behavioural sciences that underlie nursing. You will be encouraged to problem solve, identify and assess the needs of individuals and families.

The stream can also help you establish a basis for future postgraduate study, specialisation and research.

Completion of this stream leads to a Bachelor award but does not lead to registration with the Nurses and Midwives Board in Australia.

Admission Criteria

• Current or previous University experience: Applicants with higher education are those whose highest level of study since leaving secondary education is a higher education course, such as a university degree.
• English requirements: Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
  • IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
    • Writing: 7
    • Speaking: 7
    • Reading: 7
    • Listening: 7
    • Overall band score: 7

Fees and Scholarships

Fee information is not available for this course at this time. Find estimated course fees.

Course Structure

• Credit: A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.
• Duration: The duration of this course is not specified.

Careers

• Careers: Registered nurse.
• Industries: Community health agencies, private hospitals, public hospitals.

Other Requirements and Notes

• Supplementary documents: Applicants for the Registered Nurse Conversion Australian Registration Nurse Stream are required to submit supplementary documents with their application.
• Recognised three-year Australian Qualification Framework Diploma (or equivalent): Proof of professional registration, minimum three months’ full-time clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute setting, provision of a current résumé, job description and statement of employment.

Specialisations

• Available specialisations: Actuarial Financial Mathematics, Advertising Design, Animation and Game Design, Anthropology and Sociology, Asian Studies, Chinese Language, Construction Management, Corporate Screen Production, Creative Writing, Design Thinking and Visual Communication, Designing Fashion, Digital and Social Media, English and Cultural Studies, Environmental Planning, Fashion Design, Fine Art, Geography, Graphic Design, Graphics, History, Illustration, Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design, Interior Architecture, International Development, Journalism, Landscape and Natural Resource Management, Photography, Principles of Planning, Professional Writing, Screen Production, Social Inclusion and Equity, Social Justice, Surveying and Spatial Sciences, Theatre Arts, Urban Design and Planning, Web Media, Web Presence.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

• Available specialisations: Actuarial Financial Mathematics, Advertising Design, Animation and Game Design, Anthropology and Sociology, Asian Studies, Chinese Language, Construction Management, Corporate Screen Production, Creative Writing, Design Thinking and Visual Communication, Designing Fashion, Digital and Social Media, English and Cultural Studies, Environmental Planning, Fashion Design, Fine Art, Geography, Graphic Design, Graphics, History, Illustration, Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design, Interior Architecture, International Development, Journalism, Landscape and Natural Resource Management, Photography, Principles of Planning, Professional Writing, Screen Production, Social Inclusion and Equity, Social Justice, Surveying and Spatial Sciences, Theatre Arts, Urban Design and Planning, Web Media, Web Presence.

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

• Available specialisations: Actuarial Financial Mathematics, Advertising Design, Animation and Game Design, Anthropology and Sociology, Asian Studies, Chinese Language, Construction Management, Corporate Screen Production, Creative Writing, Design Thinking and Visual Communication, Designing Fashion, Digital and Social Media, English and Cultural Studies, Environmental Planning, Fashion Design, Fine Art, Geography, Graphic Design, Graphics, History, Illustration, Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design, Interior Architecture, International Development, Journalism, Landscape and Natural Resource Management, Photography, Principles of Planning, Professional Writing, Screen Production, Social Inclusion and Equity, Social Justice, Surveying and Spatial Sciences, Theatre Arts, Urban Design and Planning, Web Media, Web Presence.

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

• Available specialisations: Advertising Design, Animation and Game Design, Asian Studies, Biological Diversity Minor, Climate Change Science Minor, Construction Management, Corporate Screen Production, Creative Writing, Design Thinking and Visual Communication, Designing Fashion, Digital and Social Media, Environmental Management Minor, Environmental Planning, Fashion Design, Fine Art, Food Science Minor, Forensic Studies Minor, Geophysics Minor, Geospatial Technology Minor, Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1, Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1, Graphic Design, Graphics, Illustration, Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies, Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design, Interior Architecture, International Development, Landscape Restoration Minor, Landscape and Natural Resource Management, Mapping and Land Planning Minor, Metallurgy Minor, Mining Minor, Optimisation Minor, Photography, Principles of Planning, Screen Production, Social Inclusion and Equity, Social Justice, Strategic Studies, Theatre Arts, Urban Design and Planning, Web Media, Web Presence.