Bachelor of Nursing

The Bachelor of Nursing provides the following entry pathways:

• Pre-Registration
• Graduate Entry
• Re-Entry
• Post Registration - Registered Nurse pathway, Registered Midwife Pathway.

The course is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

• Admission requirements
  
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Pathways 
  
• Combined degrees
  
  

Admission requirements

Pre-Registration pathway

For candidates with no previous formal nursing qualification, enrolled nurses, psychiatric/mental health/mental deficiency nurses who are seeking registration as general nurses and nurses with an overseas qualification not recognised by an Australian nurse registration authority. Requires three years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time in the internal mode only. Enrolled nurses may be eligible for up to 36 units of credit. Psychiatric/mental health/mental deficiency nurses and nurses with an overseas qualification will be required to apply for credit on the basis of previous qualifications and work experience. This pathway can be combined with the Bachelor of Health Sciences, and requires four years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time.

Graduate Entry pathway

An accelerated program for candidates who hold an approved degree in an area other than nursing. Holders of an approved three-year full-time, or part-time equivalent, higher education diploma are also eligible for consideration for admission. Requires two years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time in the internal mode only.

Re-Entry pathway

For candidates with prior nursing registration who are required under the Nurses&##39; Act 1999 to complete a re-entry program prior to rejoining the workforce as Registered General Nurses in South Australia (ie nurses who are no longer eligible to renew their annual practising certificate but have practised within the last 15 years). Requires one year of full-time study or the equivalent part-time in the internal mode only. Applicants must provide evidence of previous registration as a general nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia, together with evidence of practice as a Registered General Nurse. Clinical placements will be arranged. Mid-year entry only.

Post Registration pathway

Registered Nurse Pathway - For overseas qualified nurses who wish to register as a general nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia. Requires one year of full-time study or the equivalent part-time in the internal mode only. Applicants must provide documentary evidence of eligibility for registration with a nurses&##39; registration authority in the country in which they originally registered (ie practising certificate). Clinical placements are arranged for international students seeking registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia. Mid-year entry only. 

Registered Midwife Pathway - An accelerated program for currently registered midwives holding a midwifery degree or equivalent qualification, who wish to register as general nurses. Requires one and a half years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time in the internal mode only. Mid-year entry only.

Course aims

The aim of the Bachelor of Nursing is to provide students with the learning opportunities they need to meet the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC)&##39;s National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse (2006).

Learning outcomes

Graduates of the course are expected to be able to:

• meet the requirements for registration as general nurses with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia
• deliver nursing care as safe and therapeutic practitioners based on justifiable decisions derived from clinical reasoning and evidence, taking account of the broader context of care
• base nursing care on an understanding of clinical science: anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology
• base nursing care on an understanding of health and wellness and people&##39;s socio-cultural, psychological and developmental responses to illness and disability and death
• base their nursing care on an understanding of the social context of health and health care
• critically reflect about practice and use reflections as a basis to improve practice
• be resourceful and tolerate ambiguity
• have developed an approach to nursing and inquiry which prepares them for handling situations in the future which are more or less unknown
• function as effective members of the health care team.

Pathways

• Pre-Registration
• Graduate Entry
• Re-Entry
• Post Registration - Registered Midwife pathway, Registered Nurse pathway

Combined degrees

The Bachelor of Nursing may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:

• Bachelor of Health Science