Nursing (Pre-Registration)
Part-time unit of study table
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 2025 Sydney Nursing School Academic Calendar, approved by Academic Board.
Master of Nursing | ||
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| Students must complete: | ||
| (a) 96 credit points of core units of study set out in the table below; and | ||
| (b) clinical experience as prescribed. | ||
| Students must attend either the Camperdown campus or the Westmead campus for the duration of their degree. | ||
| * "Year" refers to the consecutive year of study if two units were undertaken per semester in a part time enrolment pattern. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Year 1* core units of study | ||
| NURS5042 The Body, Its Function and Pharmacology | 6 | |
| NURS5081 Introduction to Nursing Practice | 6 | |
| NURS5006 Illness Experience and Nursing Care | 6 | P NURS5081 |
| NURS5043 Understand Health and Managing Disease | 6 | P NURS5042 |
Year 2* core units of study | ||
| NURS5002 Social Contexts of Health | 6 | |
| NURS5082 Developing Nursing Practice | 6 | C NURS5081 |
| NURS5084 Nursing the Acutely Ill Person | 6 | P NURS5082 and NURS5081 |
| NURS5085 Mental Health Nursing Practice | 6 | C NURS5084 |
Year 3* core units of study | ||
| NURS6018 Care and Chronic Conditions | 6 | P NURS5084 and NURS5085 and NURS5043 |
| NURS6019 High Acuity Nursing | 6 | P NURS5084 and NURS5043 |
| NURS6022 Community Health Nursing | 6 | P NURS6018 and NURS6019 |
| NURS6029 Australian Health Care - Global Context | 6 | |
Year 4* core units of study | ||
| NURS6031 Frameworks for Practice (MN) | 6 | P NURS5081 and NURS5082 |
| NURS6033 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | 6 | P NURS5002 |
| NURS6030 Evidence Based Practice | 6 | P NURS5002 and NURS5006 |
| NURS6032 Transition to Practice (MN) | 6 | P NURS5085 and NURS6018 and NURS6019 |