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
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 |
|
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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 |
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|
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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