Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration)

Course code: 0412 + Course abbreviation: BNursing(PostReg) + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Peninsula)
Off-campus (Gippsland; Hong Kong; Malaysia; Singapore)

Course description

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.

Entry requirements

An applicant must be a registered nurse (division 1 or 3 in Victoria) or eligible for registration with the Nurses Board of Victoria. An IELTS score of 6.5 is required.

Course structure

Course requirements

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

Off-campus learning units

• NUR1441 Therapeutic dimensions in nursing
• NUR1443 Professional issues
• NUR2445 Clinical assessment in nursing
• NUR2446 Leadership and management of nursing care
• NUR2447 Clinical concepts*
• NUR3543 Legal and ethical issues in contemporary nursing
• NUR3541 Health teaching and promotion
• NUR4546 Nursing research and practice

* Subject to approval.

On-campus/flexible delivery

• GAS1123 Microbiology for health science
• NUR2201 Pharmacology and therapeutics
• NUR2401 Research in nursing practice
• NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts
• NUR4501 Acute care clinical
• NUR3202 Transition to professional roles
• NUR3305 Science in nursing 5
• NUR1502 Multicultural nursing

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