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Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies)

Full-time unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 7 December 2023.
View details of the changes below.

In this course teaching and learning takes place in accordance with the University’s approved semesters and teaching blocks, and as set out in the Sydney Nursing School Academic Calendar, approved by Academic Board.

Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies)

Students must complete:
(a) 144 credit points of core units of study set out in the table below; and
(b) clinical experience as prescribed.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Full-time enrolment

Year 1
NURS1001
Human Physiology
6
NURS1002
Health Assessment
6 C NURS1004. Students unable to take NURS1002 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002
NURS1003
Population Health
6
NURS1004
Nursing Knowledge, Practice and Policy
6 C NURS1002. Students unable to take NURS1002 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002
NURS1005
Human Pathophysiology
6 P NURS1001
NURS1006
Understanding Experiences of Illness
6 P NURS1002
NURS1007
Health Research
6  
NURS1008
Acute Care Nursing Practice
6 P NURS1002
Year 2
NURS2001
Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1001 and NURS1005
NURS2003
Contexts of Health and Disease
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units
NURS2005
Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2001
NURS2006
Ageing, Health and Care
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008
NURS2008
Australian First Nations Health and Care
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS2003
NURS2009
Promoting Well-being and Mental Health
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008
N NURS2004
NURS2010
Clinical Practice in Mental Health
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2004 or NURS2009
N NURS2007
NURS2011
Managing Chronic Conditions
6 P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2006
N NURS3010
Year 3
NURS3007
Nursing the Critically Ill Person
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010
NURS3008
Community Health Nursing
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010
NURS3012
Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliation
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010
NURS3015
Australian Health Care System
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units
NURS3017
Frameworks for Practice (BN[AS])
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2006
NURS3018
Paediatric, Child and Youth Nursing
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including (NURS3010 or NURS2011) and NURS2005
N NURS2002
NURS3019
Complexities of Care
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including (NURS3010 or NURS2011) and NURS3008
N NURS3011
NURS3020
Transition to Practice (BN(AS))
6 P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including (NURS2011 or NURS3010) and (NURS2010 or NURS2007) and (NURS3018 or NURS2002)
C NURS3007
N NURS3016

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
7/12/2023 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2010 published as:
P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008
Prerequisites (P) for NURS2010 amended to:
P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2004 or NURS2009
7/12/2023 Prohibitions (N) for NURS2010 published as:
N NURS2004
Prohibitions (N) for NURS2010 amended to:
N NURS2007
7/12/2023 No Prerequisites (P) for NURS2009 Prerequisites (P) for NURS2009 added:
P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008
7/12/2023 No Prohibitions (N) for NURS2009 Prohibitions (N) for NURS2009 added:
N NURS2004