Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)

The Bachelor of Nursing Honours program is a 36 unit course offered by the Faculty of Health Science.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
  
• Program of study
  
  

Admission requirements

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing degree, or a qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a credit average or better has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.

Course aims

The Bachelor of Nursing aims to:

• provide an opportunity for nurses to develop an understanding of research and the skills necessary to conduct a study in an area of the student&##39;s interest, with the assistance of one or more supervisors
• prepare successful graduates for higher degree research studies and/or research in the clinical setting. (Admission to a higher degree research program is usually restricted to applicants with an Honours Class 1 or 2A degree or equivalent.).
  

Learning outcomes

Graduates of this course are expected to be able to:

• be able to pose and refine worthwhile research questions (in an appropriate timeframe)
• perform literature searches
• critically review the relevant literature
• develop a logical research proposal
• discern and understand the ethical considerations in research
• apply ethical principles to the conduct of research
• acquire an appreciation and awareness of a range of methodologies and methods used in research
• know how to select/exclude methodologies or methods and be able to provide a rationale for their choice
• develop an understanding of one methodology for the thesis
• collect and analyse the data, present the findings and defend the conclusions
• construct a thesis.
  

Program of study

To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete 36 units of study within one year full-time or two years part-time.

Core - Year 1 topics

36 units comprising:

 NURS7110  Research Ethics  (4.5 units)
 NURS9217  Thesis Preparation  (9 units)
 NURS9218  Approaches to Research Designs  (4.5 units)

Select 18 units from the following topics:

 NURS7000  Honours Thesis  (18 units) 
 NURS7000A  Honours Thesis  (9 units) 
 NURS7000B  Honours Thesis  (9 units)

Arrangements have been made to enable selected students to undertake the course in conjunction with the graduate nurse programs offered by participating teaching hospitals.