BA-NUR · Swinburne University of Technology · Bachelor degree
Bachelor of Nursing
Nursing
- Minimum ATAR
- 65
- Full time
- 3 years
- Part time
- —
- Credit points
- 300
- Campus
- Hawthorn, Wantirna
- Mode
- On campus
Overview
Flourish into a skilled, innovative and compassionate healthcare professional with the Bachelor of Nursing. You’ll gain clinical competence and leadership skills through a balance of real-world learning, simulation labs and the latest digital health technology.
Graduate as a Registered Nurse RN, with the nationally accredited Bachelor of Nursing. Prepare for a career in hospitals, aged care, rural and community health settings.
First-year units
Level 1 units every student in this course takes or chooses from.
- BIO10004Anatomy and PhysiologyThis unit introduces students to fundamental concepts in human anatomy and physiology. It provides an introduction to anatomical structures and functions of organ systems in the human body, and examines these in normal and abnormal function…
- NUR10001Health Assessment and Decision MakingThis unit provides opportunities for students to develop their knowledge and skills in the assessment of the health status of individuals across the lifespan, and to integrate their knowledge of normal processes and pathophysiology to nursi…
- NUR10008Strengths Based Nursing and Health PromotionThis unit will introduce students to the values that underpin strengths-based nursing where students will learn to use critical thinking, self-awareness, reflection, and mindfulness. These skills will assist students to develop resilience a…
- NUR10004Ethics and Law in Health CareThis unit will introduce students to the philosophical and theoretical traditions of ethics and the law, and their application in contemporary nursing to health care situations and dilemmas.
- NUR10005Foundations of NursingThis unit introduces students to the foundation skills for beginning nurse practice. They will focus on clinical communication, infection control, skin integrity and personal hygiene, risk assessment, alteration in bowel and endocrine funct…
- NUR10006Concepts of Aged CareThis unit provides students with knowledge of the health-care needs of the older person, and the role of the nurse in promoting their health and preventing illness. This unit also focuses on the essential requirements of the registered nurs…
- NUR10009Physiology in Health SciencesThis unit focuses on the underlying cellular mechanisms of systems physiology in relation to health and medical science. Specifically it will enable students to examine the physiology of the gastrointestinal, hepatic, cardiovascular, renal,…
Course structure
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Core units
300 cp- BIO10004Anatomy and Physiology12.5 cp
- NUR10001Health Assessment and Decision Making12.5 cp
- HEA20006Indigenous Health12.5 cp
- NUR10008Strengths Based Nursing and Health Promotion12.5 cp
- NUR10004Ethics and Law in Health Care12.5 cp
- NUR10005Foundations of Nursing12.5 cp
- NUR10006Concepts of Aged Care12.5 cp
- NUR10009Physiology in Health Sciences12.5 cp
- NUR20002Mental Health Nursing25 cp
- NUR20005Acute Nursing Care12.5 cp
- NUR20007Pharmacology and Pathophysiology in Nursing12.5 cp
- NUR20003Nursing Research12.5 cp
- NUR20006Managing Chronic Care25 cp
- NUR20008Nursing Children and Young People12.5 cp
- NUR30002Preparation for Entry to Practice12.5 cp
- NUR30004Clinical Governance and Quality Care12.5 cp
- NUR30005High Acuity Nursing25 cp
- NUR30007Nursing Projects12.5 cp
- NUR30008Leadership for Digital Health Technologies in Nursing12.5 cp
- NUR30009Complex and Community Care25 cp
Careers
- Registered nurse (RN)
- Acute and Critical Care Nurse
- Community and Primary Health Nurse
- Aged Care Nurse
- Mental Health Nurse
- Health Promotion or Research Nurse
- Leadership or academic careers in health and nursing education