Bachelor
Study the Bachelor of Nursing and gain the knowledge and skills needed to become a Registered Nurse (Division 1). This course prepares you to be reflective about your practice as a nurse and develop clinical reasoning skills in order to confidently and safely engage in contemporary nursing practice in a variety of environments and contexts and adapt to the needs of people from diverse backgrounds.
Through this course you will acquire skills to provide person-centred care and collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. You will seek evidence to ensure safe quality practice and act in a professional, ethical and compassionate manner. In addition, you will learn to nurture the development of nursing as a practice discipline and demonstrate leadership in healthcare. You will explore how life-long learning skills can facilitate continuing professional development.
Clinical learning is a key element of the Bachelor of Nursing and you will be required to undertake 800 hours of professional experience placement in a variety of settings with different health organisations. You must meet specific mandatory health, safety and security requirements to be eligible to attend each professional experience placement. Professional experience placements may be limited in your community. This means that you may be placed in other locations and you may be required to relocate to complete your placements.
This course provides you with learning opportunities to meet the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) Registered Nurse Accreditation Standards (2019). Please note that this is a new course available for intake in 2021, and is subject to accreditation from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).
Subject Pre-Requisite: Published ATAR entry score
Recommended Study: English, Maths, Biology or Science
English Language Proficiency Requirements:
All applicants for the Bachelor of Nursing are required to provide evidence of meeting at least one of the below:
1. English is your primary language and:
a. you have attended an satisfactorily completed at lest six years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English in a recognised country, including at least two years between years 7 and 12, and
Recognised country means one of the following countries:
CQUniversity will only accept the successful completion of five (5) years (full-time equivalent) continuous education that is a combination of:
a) tertiary and secondary education taught and assessed in English; or
b) tertiary and vocational education taught and assessed in English; or
c) combined tertiary, secondary and vocational education taught and assessed in English; or
d) tertiary education taught and assessed in English.
If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the scores as below. English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study.
1. IELTS (academic module). We only accept test results:
from one test sitting, or
a maximum of two test sittings in a six-month period only if:
you achieve a minimum overall score of 7 in each sitting, and
you achieve a minimum score of 7 in each component across the two sittings, and
no score in any component of the test is below 6.5.
2. OET. We will only accept test results:
from one test sitting, or
a maximum of two test sittings in a six-month period only if:
you are tested in all four components in each sitting, and
you achieve a minimum score of 8 in each component across the two sittings, and
no score in any component of the test is below C.
3. PTE Academic. We will only accept test results:
from one test sitting, or
a maximum of two test sittings in a six-month period only if:
a minimum overall score of 65 in achieved in each sitting, and
you achieve a minimum score of 65 in each of the communicative skills across the two sittings, and
no score in any of the communicative skills is below 58.
4. TOEFL iBt. We will only accept test results:
from one test sitting, or
a maximum of two test sittings in a six-month period only if:
a minimum total score of 94 is achieved in each sitting, and you achieve a minimum score of 24 for listening, 24 for reading, 27 for writing and 23 for speaking across the two sittings, and
no score in any of the sections is below:
20 for listening
19 for reading
24 for writing, and
20 for speaking
NOTE: Students who were not born in the above recognised countries need to be aware of the English Requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia that need to be demonstrated prior to registration. Please contact the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia for information on this requirement.
http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/.
Domestic students
Students without Senior English, Senior Science and Senior Mathematics are strongly recommended to undertake one of the following access programs:
In the final year of the course, students usually apply for a new graduate nursing position in a hospital and health service or other healthcare organisation where they will have the opportunity to further consolidate their knowledge and skills in nursing. The broad nature of nursing and healthcare allows opportunities for employment and/or specialisation in environments such as acute hospital services, community health, mental health, residential and aged care, indigenous health, and rural and remote health.