Bachelor of Nursing Science
Bachelor of Nursing Science
BNursSc
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Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
| Bachelor of Nursing Science (4407NS) |
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| Distance Education | Bathurst |
Normal course duration
Full-time 4 years (8.0 sessions)
Students with a College Diploma of Nursing and a Hospital Diploma of Nursing receive 160 points credit and are therefore required to complete 96 points including 48 points of core subjects and 48 points from the restricted elective list.
Admission criteria
To be eligible to apply the applicant should hold the following:
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Diploma of Nursing from a hospital based program
or -
Diploma of Nursing from a recognised higher education institution
and - Registration as a Registered Nurse in their country of practice
Credit
N003 Nursing Studies credit package - tertiary level (college) Diploma of Nursing 160 points credit (20 subjects)
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 256 points.
Course structure
BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE
The course consists of 256 points:
Students with a College Diploma of Nursing and a Hospital Diploma of Nursing receive 160 points credit and are therefore required to complete 96 points including 48 points of core subjects and 48 points from the restricted elective list.
Core Subjects:
NRS132 Nursing and Communities
PSY114 Indigenous Australians and Psychology: An Introduction
NRS239 Issues in International Nursing
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
NRS349 Nursing Project (16)
Restricted Elective Subjects:
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
BMS319 Behavioural Neuroscience
BMS323 Infection and Immunity in Complementary Health
NRS115 Care of Infants
SOC108 Sociology of Health and Health Care
PSY214 Health Psychology
NRS235 Pain Management
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS325 Child Health Care and Promotion
NRS337 Professional Challenges in High Acuity Nursing
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
+ Residential School
Students in this course are not required to undertake the residential school component in the following subjects:
BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
BMS292 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2
NRS291 Health Challenges 1: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
NRS292 Health Challenges 2: Nursing Interventions and Rehabilitation
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
+ Workplace Learning
No subjects with a Workplace Learning component have been identified in this course.
Enrolment pattern
By Part-time distance education study
Session 1
NRS132 Nursing and Communities
NRS296 Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research
Session 2
PSY114 Indigenous Australians and Psychology: An Introduction
NRS239 Issues in International Nursing
Sessions 3, 4, 5, & 6
2 Restricted Electives per session
Sessions 7 & 8
NRS349 Nursing Project (16)(two sessions)
1 restricted elective
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: March 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.