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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.

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

NUR4401 Clinical honours thesis I: applied research methods and skills
NUR3106 Nursing practice 6: introduction to high acuity nursing
NUR3104 Nursing practice 4B: mental health nursing
NUR3305 Concepts of pathophysiology

Second semester

NUR4402 Clinical honours thesis II: framing a research project
NUR3107 Nursing practice 7: community nursing
NUR3203 Gender and family health

Fourth year

First semester

NUR4403 Clinical honours thesis III: conducting a research project
NUR3202 Transition to professional roles

Second semester

NUR4404 Clinical honours thesis IV: implementing and reporting research

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: www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing

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