Bachelor of Nursing
Bachelor of Nursing
BNurs
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
| Bachelor of Nursing (4402NU) |
|---|
| On Campus | Albury-Wodonga |
| Bathurst |
| Dubbo |
| Wagga Wagga |
| Distance Education | Bathurst |
| Orange |
Normal course duration
Full-time 3.0 years (6.0 sessions)
Admission criteria
Students will be admitted according to CSU Admission Regulations.
Admission to the internal course is based on completion of the NSW Higher School Certificate or equivalent, where the minimum University Admission Index (UAI) or equivalent is achieved (applications are normally made to and processed by the Universities Admissions Centre). International entrants must hold a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 in order to be eligible for admission.
There is no assumed knowledge.
Admission to the distance education (part-time or fulltime) course requires that applicants meet one of the following criteria (applications will be made to and processed by Charles Sturt University):
- Hold an Enrolled/Division 2 Nurse (TAFE Cert 1V in Nursing - Health Training Package, Commonwealth of Australia 2007)(undertaken from 2008)
- Hold an Enrolled Nurse or Division 2 Nurse with a Cert IV or Conversion to Cert IV(undertaken prior to 2008)
- Enrolled/ Division 2 Nurse TAFE Diploma in Nursing
- Enrolled/ Division 2 Nurses Advanced Certificate with at least five years experience and 1 - 2 in-service courses (1 - 2 day course)
- Enrolled/ Division 2 Nurses Hospital Certificate with at least five years experience, evidence of regular continuing education and 3 - 4 in-service courses (1 - 2 day course)
- Completion of the equivalent of the first year of the Bachelor of Nursing
Applicants will be ranked to receive an offer according to the above criteria. International entrants must hold a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 in order to be eligible for admission.
Credit
Students who have previously completed part or all of a tertiary course may be eligible for credit, as per CSU Credit Regulations.
The EN credit package for undertaking the Certificate IV Course number 3228 prior to 2008):
NRS191 Primary Health Care Nursing 1: Health Promotion and Education
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NRS195 Psychosocial Nursing
The EN credit package for undertaking the Certificate IV Course number 3262, 2008 and beyond):
NRS191 Primary Health Care Nursing 1: Health Promotion and Education
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NRS195 Psychosocial Nursing
NRS194 Indigenous Cultures, Health and Nursing
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
The EN credit package for undertaking the Diploma in Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing) course no. 4393 offered by TAFE NSW until December 2014:
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 Cultures, Health and Nursing
NRS195 Psychosocial Nursing
NRS375 - Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
Course structure
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 (Key Subject)
BMS291 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology 1
BMS292 Pathophsiology & Pharmacology 2
NRS191 Primary Health Care Nursing 1: Health Promotion and Education
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (Key Subject)
NRS193 Disipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
NRS194 Indigenous Culture, Health and Nursing
NRS195 Psychosocial Nursing
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation (Key Subject)
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1 (Key Subject)
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2 (Key Subject)
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 Health Nursing
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4
PSY214 Health Psychology
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Health Care
Key Subjects
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4
+ Residential School
Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
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
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
+ Workplace Learning
Please note that the following subjects have a Workplace Learning component.
NRS191 Primary Health Care Nursing 1: Health Promotion and Education
NRS192 Primary Health Care Nursing 2: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NRS194 Indigenous Cultures, Health and Nursing
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
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Health Care
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
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
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
PSY214 Health Psychology
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
Part-time (Distant Education) students who receive the EN credit package (for undertaking the Certificate IV course number 3262, 2008 and beyond)
(credit given NRS191 NRS192 NRS194 NRS195 NRS295
Session 1
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Health Care
Session 2
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
Session 3
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
PSY214 Health Psychology
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
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
The enrolment pattern for part-time (Distance Education) students who receive the EN credit package (for undertaking the Certificate IV Course number 3228 prior to 2008)
(credit given NRS191 NRS192 NRS195 :
Session 1
NRS193 Discipline of Nursing 1: Contexts of Nursing
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Health Care
Session 2
NRS194 Indigenous Cultures, Health and Nursing
BMS191 Human Bioscience 1
Session 3
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
NRS295 Discipline of Nursing 2: Health, Law and Ethics
PSY214 Health Psychology
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
NRS375 Health Optimisation 1: Gerontic Nursing Care
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
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
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
Session 8
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4
The enrolment pattern for part-time (Distance Education) students who receive credit for the Diploma in Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 Nursing) course no. 4393 offered by TAFE NSW until December 2014
(credit for NRS191 NRS192 NRS193 NRS194 NRS195 BMS191 NRS295 NRS375 :
Session 1
BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Health Care
Session 2
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS293 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
Session 3
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS294 Clinical Nursing Practice 2
Session 4
NRS376 Health Optimisation 2: Mental Health Nursing
NRS381 Clinical Nursing Practice 3
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
Session 5
NRS377 Health Optimisation 3: Chronic and Complex Nursing Care
NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing
PSY214 Health Psychology
Session 6
NRS379 Discipline of Nursing 4: Transition to Professional Nursing Practice
NRS382 Clinical Nursing Practice 4
Professional recognition
This course is a nationally accredited and registered award in tertiary education. It is also accredited by the Nurses and Midwives Board of New South Wales. The course was accredited by the Nurses and Midwives Board of New South Wales for six years in June 2008.
The Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), upon which the Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching degree is based, is recognised by the NSW Department of Community Services as providing 4-year trained teacher status.
In designing the double degree program, consultations with these two accrediting bodies have been undertaken to ensure that the Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching (Birth to 5 Years) and the Bachelor of Nursing satisfy the accreditation requirements of each separate degree.
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2012. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.