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The Bachelor of Nursing course is of 192 points duration, comprising the following 24 X 8 point subjects:

BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS189 Foundations of Learning
NRS191 Primary Health Care Nursing 1: Health Promotion and Education
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
NRS194 Indigenous Culture, Health and Nursing
NRS195 Psychosocial Nursing
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Key Subjects
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Enrolment pattern

Full-time Students
Session 1
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS191 Primary Health Care Nursing 1: Health Promotion and Education
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
NRS189 Foundations of Learning

Session 2
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NRS194 Indigenous Culture, Health and Nursing
NRS195 Psychosocial Nursing

Session 3
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 4
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics

Session 5
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research

Session 6
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Enrolled Nurses (Cert IV TAFE NSW 2008 and beyond)
Credit awarded for the following subjects NRS191 NRS192 NRS193 NRS194 NRS195

Session 1
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS189 Foundations of Learning
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics

Session 2
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 3
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1

Session 4
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2

Session 5
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3

Session 6
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Enrolled Nurses (Cert IV TAFE NSW prior to 2008)
Credit awarded for the following subjects NRS191 NRS192 NRS195

Session 1
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
NRS189 Foundations of Learning

Session 2
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS194 Indigenous Culture, Health and Nursing
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics

Session 3
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 4
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research

Session 5
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3

Session 6
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) HLT51607/HLT51612
Credit awarded for the following subjects BMS191 BMS192 NRS191 NRS192 NRS193 NRS194 NRS195 NRS189

Session 1
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 2
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics

Session 3
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research

Session 4
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Part-time Students

Enrolled Nurses (Cert IV TAFE NSW 2008 and beyond)
Credit awarded for the following subjects NRS191 NRS192 NRS193 NRS194 NRS195

Session 1
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS189 Foundations of Learning

Session 2
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics

Session 3
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 4
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1

Session 5
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2

Session 6
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3

Session 7
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing

Session 8
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Enrolled Nurses (Cert IV TAFE NSW prior to 2008)
Credit awarded for the following subjects NRS191 NRS192 NRS195

Session 1
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
NRS189 Foundations of Learning

Session 2
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS194 Indigenous Cultures, Health and Nursing

Session 3
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 4
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1

Session 5
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2

Session 6
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing

Session 7
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3

Session 8
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) HLT51607/HLT51612
Credit awarded for the following subjects BMS191 BMS192 NRS191 NRS192 NRS193 NRS194 NRS195 NRS189

Session 1
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
NRS279 Health Assessment and Physical Examination

Session 2
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research

Session 3
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2

Session 4
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3

Session 5
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4

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Bachelor of Nursing Nursing Undergraduate On campus; Distance education Albury-Wodonga; Bathurst; Dubbo; Wagga Wagga; Wangaratta YES Active Science Session 1; Session 2

3 years full-time on campus. A maximum period of four and a half years applies.

3 to 4 years by distance education depending on the amount of credit awarded with a maximum period of five and a half years.

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Study Mode

On campus; Distance education

Where

Albury-Wodonga; Bathurst; Dubbo; Wagga Wagga; Wangaratta

When

Session 1; Session 2

Level

Undergraduate

Duration

3 years full-time on campus. A maximum period of four and a half years applies.

3 to 4 years by distance education depending on the amount of credit awarded with a maximum period of five and a half years.

International?

YES

Indicative ATAR

70

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