Bachelor of Nursing

Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)

Testamur Title of Degree:	Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Nursing Honours
Abbreviation:	BNursing BNursing (Hons)
Home Faculty:	Health and Behavioural Sciences
Duration:	3 years full-time 1 additional year full-time (Honours)
Total Credit Points:	144 48 as an additional year (Honours)
Delivery Mode:	On-campus
Starting Session(s):	Autumn
Location:	Wollongong, Bega, Shoalhaven and Southern Sydney
UOW Course Code:	863 862 (Hons)
UAC Code:	757101 (Wollongong) 757102 (Bega) 757103 (Shoalhaven) 757104 (Southern Sydney)
CRICOS Code:	003330B 012095M (Hons)

Overview

The Bachelor of Nursing is a first level award. Aims include sound knowledge for safe and competent practice; appropriate affective and psychomotor skills in providing holistic patient care; reflective nursing practice skills in a variety of settings; drawing on relevant principles of the biosciences and social and behavioural sciences; effective interpersonal and group communication skills; effective and collaborative functioning as a professional member of the health care team; effective and sensitive practice within a multicultural environment; responsibility for the continuing development of self and profession; and high level skills in organisation and allocation of priorities in clinical and practice activities.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

International students are required to have achieved an overall IELTS score of 6.5, with a minimum level of 6.0 in all bands of reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Alternative pathways exist for mature age domestic students.

Credit

Enrolled Nurses with a TAFE Advanced Certificate or Diploma of Nursing receive 12 credit points of credit toward Year 1.

Enrolled Nurses who have completed an appropriate TAFE bridging course can enter into Year 2 of the course.

Course Requirements

The Bachelor of Nursing requires the successful completion of 144 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table below.

This is a prescribed course designed for persons seeking registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia:

Year 1 of the course introduces Principles of Nursing Care

Year 2 of the course focuses on Principles of Episodic Care

Year 3 of the course is concerned with Principles of Chronic and Complex Care

Subject Code	Subject Name	Session	Credit Points
Year 1
NMIH101	Effective Communication in Health Care Relationships	Autumn	6
NMIH102	Patterns of Knowing in Nursing	Autumn	6
NMIH103	Art & Science of Nursing A	Autumn	6
NMIH104	Art & Science of Nursing B*	Autumn	6
NMIH105	Primary Health Care Nursing	Spring	6
NMIH106	Essentials of Care A	Spring	6
NMIH107	Essentials of Care B*	Spring	6
NMIH108	Introduction to Health Behaviour Changes	Spring	6
Year 2
NMIH201	Principles of Episodic Care	Autumn	6
NMIH202	Developing Nursing Practice 1*	Autumn	6
NMIH203	Family Centred Nursing	Autumn	6
NMIH204	Reflection and Practice	Autumn	6
NMIH205	Cultural Competencies in Health Care Practice	Spring	6
NMIH206	Therapeutics in Nursing	Spring	6
NMIH207	Developing Nursing Practice 2*	Spring	6
NMIH208	Mental Health Nursing 1*	Spring	6
Year 3
NMIH301	Nursing Care of People with Chronic Conditions*	Autumn	6
NMIH302	Mental health Nursing 2*	Autumn	6
NMIH303	Therapeutic Use of Self	Autumn	6
NMIH304	Evidence Appreciation and Application in Health Care Practice	Autumn	6
NMIH305	Nursing Care of People with Complex Conditions	Spring	6
NMIH306	Challenges of Ageing	Spring	6
NMIH307	Leadership in Health Care Practice	Spring	6
NMIH308	Transition to Professional Practice*	Spring	6

* denotes clinical subjects

Candidates should note that pre- and co-requisites apply to many subjects in the course. Satisfactory completion of all Year 2 nursing theory and practice subjects is a pre-requisite to enrolment in Year 3 nursing theory and practice subjects. The reason for these prescriptions is that the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health has a legal responsibility to ensure that candidates meet nursing theory and practice requirements at each level of the course.

Due to the necessary inclusion of clinical practicum, the length of each session of the course varies from the normal 13 week session. Throughout the 3 year course, students will be required to attend 20 weeks off-campus clinical placements in a variety of settings and different area health services.

In order to attend clinical placements, students must meet NSW Health Department requirements in regard to Criminal Record Checks and Infectious Disease. Students who do not meet these requirements will not be able to attend clinical practicum and therefore will not be able to continue in the Bachelor of Nursing. For further information on Criminal Record Checks and Infectious Diseases please see the Additional Information section.

Honours

The Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) provides exceptional nursing students with the opportunity to extend their knowledge and skills beyond the beginning level. There is an increasing need for graduates to develop more advanced and extensive knowledge in the discipline than can be attained in a pass degree. This need can be achieved by qualified candidates who have attained a level of scholarship at credit level or above in 300-level Nursing subjects, undertaking advanced coursework and research.

Professional Recognition

Graduates are eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Graduates may also gain registration in a number of other countries.

Contact Information

Ms Leeanne Heaton
Nursing Admissions Coordinator
+61 2 4221 3120
leeanne_heaton@uow.edu.au

Other Information

Other information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/