Bachelor of Nursing
Bachelor of Nursing
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
Domestic School Leavers are assumed to have completed any
2 units of Science at HSC level. International students are
required to have achieved an overall IELTS score of 6.5, with
a level of at least 6.0 in all bands, reading and writing,
speaking and listening. Alternative pathways exist for mature
age domestic students.
Enrolled Nurses who have completed an appropriate TAFE bridging
course can enter into Year 2 of the course.
Advanced Standing
Currently the Bachelor of Nursing course at the Bega campus
is only available to students who have completed the equivalent
of all of Year 1 of the degree. Enrolled Nurses with a TAFE
Advanced Certificate receive 12 credit points’ advanced
standing 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 is comprised of 144 credit points
of core subjects. This is a prescribed course designed for
persons seeking registration with the New South Wales Nurses'
Registration Board, in which:
- Year 1 of the course introduces Fundamentals of Nursing
Practice;
- Year 2 of the course focuses on developing Collaborative
Practice; and
- Year 3 of the course is concerned with Autonomous Practice.
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 (NURS262,
NURS263, NURS266, NURS267) is a pre-requisite to enrolment
in Year 3 nursing theory and practice subjects. The reason
for these prescriptions is that the Department of Nursing
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 three-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 are required
to have a Criminal Record Check (CRC)* clearance card. To
obtain this, students are requested to complete a CRC application
form and sign a Working with Children Check* form eight weeks
prior to clinical placements. Before starting clinical placements,
students are also required to comply with NSW Health Department
Circular ‘Occupational Screening and Vaccination Against
Infectious Diseases’,* available on the NSW Health Department
website. 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.
* Further information is available under ‘Other Information’
in this section.
|
Year 1 |
|
Credit Points |
| NURS162 |
Effective Communication in Health Care Relationships |
6 |
| NURS163 |
Fundamentals of Nursing |
6 |
| NURS164 |
Patterns of Knowing in Nursing |
6 |
| NURS165 |
Primary Health Care Nursing |
6 |
| NURS166 |
Medical/Surgical Nursing 1 |
6 |
| NURS127 |
Human Physiology for Nursing: Principles & Systems |
6 |
| POP103 |
Introduction to Health Behaviour Change |
6 |
| SCIE122 |
Biology for Nurses |
6 |
| Year 2 |
|
|
| ARTS211 |
Social Science Perspectives on Health & Illness |
6 |
| NURS227 |
Human Bioscience 3 |
6 |
| NURS262 |
Medical/Surgical Nursing 2 |
6 |
| NURS263 |
Mental Health Nursing 1 |
6 |
| NURS264 |
Reflection and Practice |
6 |
| NURS265 |
Nursing Therapeutics |
6 |
| NURS266 |
Medical/Surgical Nursing 3 |
6 |
| NURS267 |
Family and Maternal Health Nursing |
6 |
| Year 3 |
|
|
| NURS322 |
Developmental Disability Nursing |
6 |
| NURS362 |
Continuing, Rehabilitative and Palliative Care Nursing |
6 |
| NURS363 |
Therapeutic Use of Self |
6 |
| NURS364 |
Research Appreciation and Application |
6 |
| NURS365 |
Mental Health Nursing 2 |
6 |
| NURS366 |
Community Health Nursing |
6 |
| NURS367 |
Medical/Surgical Nursing 4 |
6 |
| NURS328 |
Management in Nursing |
6 |
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 Nurses’
Registration Board NSW. Registration in other states is assessed
individually. Graduates may gain registration in a number
of other countries.
Other Information
Further information is available from:
Dr Peter Thomas, Undergraduate Coordinator, +61 2 4221 3229
or peter_thomas@uow.edu.au .
Uniadvice 1300 367 869. Visit our website: http://www.uow.edu.au/health/nursing
.
For information on Criminal Record checks and Infectious
Diseases please see section at the end of this chapter.
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