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Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing (Pre-registration)

Unit of study table (Table A)

Bachelor of Science / Master of Nursing

Students must complete a total of 192 credit points, including:
a) Degree core: 12 credit points of Mathematics degree core units of study as set out in the Bachelor of Science Table A, and 12 credit points of 1000-level science elective units of study (excluding units listed as Mathematics degree core) as set out in the Bachelor of Science Table A (students may count the units from their major to fulfill part of this requirement)
(b) a major (48 credit points) from the Bachelor of Science Table A
(c) 12 credit points from the Open learning environment Table O
(d) 12 credit points of elective units from Bachelor of Science Table A, Table S (shared pool) or Table O
(f) 96 credit points of core Master of Nursing units set out in the table below; and
(g) clinical experience as prescribed.
Students enrolled in the Dalyell stream are to refer to the Bachelor of Science / Master of Nursing rules for additional course requirements.

 

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

Year 1

48 credit points of 1000-level Science units (refer to the Science Undergraduate handbook for requirements)

Year 2

12 credit points of 2000-level Science units (refer to the Science Undergraduate handbook for requirements) and the following Nursing subjects:
NURS5042
The Body, Its Function and Pharmacology
6   
NURS5081
Introduction to Nursing Practice
6   
NURS5006
Illness Experience and Nursing Care
6    NURS5081
NURS5043
Understand Health and Managing Disease
6    NURS5042

Year 3

12 credit points of 3000-level Science units (refer to the Science Undergraduate handbook for requirements) and the following Nursing subjects:
NURS5002
Social Contexts of Health
6   
NURS5082
Developing Nursing Practice
6    NURS5081
NURS5084
Nursing the Acutely Ill Person
6    NURS5082 and NURS5081
NURS5085
Mental Health Nursing Practice
6    NURS5084

Year 4

NURS6018
Care and Chronic Conditions
6    NURS5084 and NURS5085 and NURS5043
NURS6019
High Acuity Nursing
6    NURS5084 and NURS5043
NURS6031
Frameworks for Practice (MN)
6    NURS5081 and NURS5082
NURS6033
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
6    NURS5002
NURS6022
Community Health Nursing
6    NURS6018 and NURS6019
NURS6029
Australian Health Care - Global Context
6   
NURS6030
Evidence Based Practice
6    NURS5002 and NURS5006
NURS6032
Transition to Practice (MN)
6    NURS5085 and NURS6018 and NURS6019