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Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Paramedicine

BN/BP

320 cp

Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Ballarat, Victoria
Brisbane, Queensland

EFTSL value of units: All 10cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1.Requirements for Completion of the Degrees

To qualify the degree, a student must complete 320 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 60 cp from the Nursing Foundation Strand;
  2. 50 cp from the Applied Science for Practice Strand;
  3. 60 cp from the Contexts of Nursing Strand;
  4. 60 cp from the Clinical Nursing Practice Strand; and
  5. 90 cp from the Paramedicine Strand.

2.Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

A student may qualify for the Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)/Bachelor of Paramedicine degree by satisfying the additional Honours requirements set out in the rules for Honours in the Bachelor of Nursing degree.

3.Progression within the Course

Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) in an approved sequence before undertaking advanced level units (200 or 300-level) in that sequence.

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Co-ordinator and bound by decisions of the School Committee.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co), incompatible (Inc) are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Nursing Foundation Strand

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
NRSG119 10 Nursing Practice Foundation
NRSG120 10 Indigenous Culture and Health
NRSG122 10 Exploring Professional Practice
NRSG241 10 Spirituality in Health Care
NRSG343 10 Ethics for Holistic Practice
NRSG346 10 Realising Professional Practice

Applied Science for Practice Strand

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIOL117 10 Applied Science for Practice 1
BIOL118 10 Applied Science for Practice 2
BIOL228 10 Applied Science for Practice 3
BIOL229 10 Applied Science for Practice 4
BIOL326 10 Applied Science for Practice 5

Contexts of Nursing Strand

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
NRSG121 10 Contexts of Nursing 1
NRSG123 10 Contexts of Nursing 2
NRSG237 10 Contexts of Nursing 3
NRSG240 10 Contexts of Nursing 4
NRSG344 10 Contexts of Nursing 5
NRSG347 10 Contexts of Nursing 6

Clinical Nursing Practice Strand20, 21

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
NRSG124 10 Introduction to Nursing Practice
NRSG238 10 Mental Health Nursing Practice
NRSG239 10 Complex Nursing Practice 1
NRSG345 10 Complex Nursing Practice 2
NRSG348 10 Towards Professional Practice 1
NRSG349 10 Towards Professional Practice 2

Paramedicine Strand

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ALHT100 10 Paramedic Practice Foundations
ALHT103 10 Exploring Paramedic Practice
ALHT200 10 Contexts of Paramedicine 1
ALHT201 10 Contexts of Paramedicine 2
ALHT301 10 Contexts of Paramedicine 3
ALHT401 10 Contexts of Paramedicine 4
ALHT101 10 Paramedic Practice 1
ALHT102 10 Paramedic Practice 2
ALHT202 10 Paramedic Practice 3

20Students are required to have a current Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate from an accredited source prior to undertaking clinical practice. The currency of the certificate must be validated each year.
21As nursing brings students into contact with various communicable diseases, it is a requirement of some facilities used for clinical experience that students have appropriate immunisation.