1999 Medicine Handbook - Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration)

Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration)

Introduction
Aims
Objectives
Entry requirements
Course requirements
Course outline - distance education, Gippsland campus
- Year one
  - First semester
  - Second semester
- Year two
  - First semester
  - Second semester
Course outline: on campus, Peninsula campus
- Subjects
  - First or second semester

Introduction

Course code: 0412 Gippsland and Peninsula
The Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration) course is offered by distance education from Gippsland and on campus at Peninsula campus. It is possible to enrol by 'mixed mode' combining distance education and on-campus subjects.This course is also offered offshore in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
The course is designed to enable registered nurses to access higher education through nursing studies at degree level, and to provide opportunities for the development of academic and clinical skills as a basis for postgraduate study and specialisation.
The duration of this course is normally two years part-time.

Aims

This course aims to provide opportunities for registered nurses to develop skills necessary to comprehend and evaluate new information and concepts from a range of sources, in order that after completion of the degree, they will continue to review, consolidate and apply the knowledge and skills acquired, to provide a basis for graduate specialisation and study in nursing.
It is expected that graduates will be capable of functioning as professional care givers in a variety of health care settings, be able to demonstrate their ability to apply advanced problem-solving skills to patient care, and will be equipped to respond to an increasingly complex health care environment.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, it is expected that students will be able to:

recognise the need for innovation within the health care sector;
respond effectively to the challenge of change within the health care delivery system and to innovations in nursing practice;
consolidate their role as clinician, educator, researcher, manager and patient advocate;
build on and extend their professional nursing knowledge and expertise;
promote quality nursing care delivery in a variety of settings;
develop competencies in the assessment, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, monitoring and evaluation of nursing care;
base nursing practice on appropriate nursing research and theory, recognising both legal and ethical parameters;
participate in teaching-learning and health promotion directed towards the improvement of health care delivery and personal well-being;
accept responsibility and accountability for continued personal and professional development congruent with the changing health care needs of society and the nursing profession.

Entry requirements

Applicants must be a registered nurse (Division 1 or 3 in Victoria) or eligible for registration with the Nurses Board of Victoria.

Course requirements

The requirements for the award of the Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration) are satisfactory completion of eight prescribed subjects of study:

Course outline - distance education, Gippsland campus

Eight subjects are studied in four semesters of the course.

Year one

First semester

GSC1505 Politics and health
GHS3543 Legal and ethical studies in nursing

Second semester

GHS1443 Professional issues I
GHS2445 Nursing health assessment

Year two

First semester

GHS2444 Professional issues II
GHS4546 Nursing research

Second semester

GHS2446 Management of nursing care
GHS3541 Clinical teaching

Course outline: on campus, Peninsula campus

The course is normally undertaken on a part-time basis over two years but may be completed in one year of full-time study. Some evening classes are scheduled 5 pm and 8 pm. The course has a total of four semesters of study; each semester runs for thirteen weeks. Most subjects have been designed on a basis which requires that a student spends one hour in private study for each subject contact hour.

Subjects

Students must successfully complete eight of the following subjects:

First or second semester

NSG4010 Process of inquiry*
NSG4020 Professional issues*
NSG4107 Ethical issues and legal studies*
NSG4210 Health perspectives
NSG4310 Knowledge development in nursing
NSG4350 Bioscience
NSG4411 Teaching in health care
NUR4501 Acute care clinical skills
NSG4700 Psychosocial nursing studies*

* APPLICANTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED WITH A DIPLOMA OF APPLIED SCIENCE (NURSING) FROM THE CAROLINE CHISHOLM SCHOOL OF NURSING ARE EXEMPT FROM THESE SUBJECTS.