StudyQA — Bachelor: Nursing — University of Technology Sydney

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The Bachelor of Nursing is designed to prepare students for the role of the registered nurse. The course incorporates a range of nursing subjects as well as behavioural science, physical science, ethics and professional subjects relevant to contemporary nursing practice. Graduates of the course are capable of delivering a high standard of confident, safe and therapeutic nursing care in a variety of health care settings. They demonstrate nursing care that is patient-centred, informed and responsible.

Clinical learning is a key element of the course with clinical placements in health care settings occurring in every session. Learning technologies such as simulation, which is undertaken within faculty clinical practice laboratories, assist students in preparing for clinical practice. Across the course students develop an e-portfolio to showcase their abilities and facilitate career planning. In the third year of the course students are able to pursue an area of nursing interest by choosing a clinical specialty elective.

Year 1

Assessment and Therapeutics in Health Care 1
Workshops for Practice Readiness 1
Understanding the Person: Life Transitions
Health and Society
Assessment and Therapeutics in Health Care 2
Workshops for Practice Readiness 2
Professional Identity
Health and Homeostasis

Year 2

Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing
Nursing Care of the Older Person
Medical Surgical Nursing
Family and Children’s Nursing
Contemporary Indigenous Health and
Wellbeing
Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
Evidence for Nursing
Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2

Year 3

Complex Nursing Care: Medical Surgical
Complex Nursing Care: Mental Health
Accountability in Nursing Practice
Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 3
Integrated Nursing Concepts
Integrated Nursing Practice
Professionalism in Context

Select 6 credit points from the following:

Introduction to Specialty Practice:
Community Health Nursing
Introduction to Specialty Practice: Critical
Care Nursing
Introduction to Specialty Practice: Family
and Child Health Nursing
Introduction to Specialty Practice: Mental
Health Nursing
Introduction to Specialty Practice: Palliative
Care
Introduction to Specialty Practice: Women’s
Health
Introduction to Specialty Practice:
Australian Indigenous Health Care
Introduction to Specialty Practice: Aged
Care Nursing
Introduction to Specialty Practice:
Paediatric Nursing
Introduction to Specialty Practice:
Perioperative Nursing

Online application
A non-refundable A$100 application fee is payable with all applications for study as an international student at UTS.
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Documents that are not in English must be officially translated and submitted together with certified copies of supporting documents.

Academic Excellence Awards

grants valued at A$10,000 will be awarded to commencing international students enrolling in undergraduate coursework programs. The awards will be credited as two separate A$5000 instalments for a total of two sessions.