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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

The honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing

Course code: 1249 + Course abbreviation: HonoursDegBachNsg + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland; Peninsula)

Course description

The honours degree provides students with a recognised pathway to a higher degree by research. Through completion of the honours degree, students will acquire knowledge, competence, skills and attributes that will enhance their ability to promote professional nursing and to lead and achieve in their chosen fields. Nursing in contemporary health care settings requires practitioners who are highly trained professionals, technically competent and capable of problem identification, together with the application of research methods, within the practice environment.
Students undertaking the Bachelor of Nursing are selected into the honours degree at the completion of the second year. From year three, students undertaking the honours degree in nursing will begin taking research units alongside their remaining nursing units.

Entry requirements

Completion of all requirements of the first and second years of the Bachelor of Nursing degree or an equivalent standing in nursing and an average of 70% (distinction) or higher over the first two years of the program. The head of the school may make a case for students with a grade average in the range of 65 to 69% who have demonstrated research potential. Students applying for admission based on nursing qualifications other than the first two years of the Monash Bachelor of Nursing program will need to demonstrate that they have completed units to an appropriate standard.

Course structure

Course requirements

To qualify for the honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing, students must satisfactorily complete the following units in their third and fourth year of study (having already completed years one and two of the Bachelor of Nursing).

Third year
First semester
Second semester
Fourth year
First semester
Second semester

Professional recognition

The honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing will be awarded on completion of the course and will lead to eligibility for general nurse registration (division 1) with the Nurses Board of Victoria.

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9904 4260 (Peninsula), +61 3 9902 6454 (Gippsland)
Email: nursing.enquiries@med.monash.edu.au
Web: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing

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