Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry) – Armidale (2.5 Years)
Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry) – Armidale (2.5 Years)
The Bachelor of Nursing (BN) is offered On Campus and Online, Full-time or Part-time. Units are offered in all three trimesters allowing students to complete the course over two calendar years if they wish. Students who successfully complete 6 trimesters of full-time study (or part-time equivalent) graduate with a BN…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Bachelor of Nursing (BN) is offered On Campus and Online, Full-time or Part-time. Units are offered in all three trimesters allowing students to complete the course over two calendar years if they wish. Students who successfully complete 6 trimesters of full-time study (or part-time equivalent) graduate with a BN and are eligible to apply to become a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). RN’s play a key role in health services across the world in a variety of settings. Graduates of the BN have the necessary knowledge and skills of an RN, an appreciation of the value of life-long learning, and a firm foundation for further study at a postgraduate level.
All students are required to undertake professional experience placements and must meet additional mandatory requirements prior to this. Students should not enrol in the course if they cannot meet these requirements. Students should commence these requirements prior to commencing the course. Failure to complete vaccinations or provide evidence of adequate seroconversion will result in the inability to complete clinical placement. The BN requires attendance at on campus intensive schools and participation in online supervised assessments by all students enrolled in either on campus or online study modes. Multiple intensive schools will be scheduled across each trimester. Students will be required to book into one intensive school group via Moodle. Domestic students commencing in Trimester 1 only may reside on campus at Armidale or online.
Alternative Admission Pathway: Early and alternative entry pathways are offered to applicants who do not meet entry criteria based on formal study. Applicants who do not meet admission criteria may be able to commence in UNE’s Diploma of Community Welfare and Wellbeing or a UNE Enabling Program which consists of 2 units that provide a foundation for university study and 2 units that are in first year of the BN (HLTH101 and HLTH103).
Course Aims
The aims of this course are to prepare students to meet the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), 2016).
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a well-developed understanding of health from individual, family, community, population and global perspectives;
- Apply knowledge and skills to provide culturally appropriate, qualify, safe, thoughtful, creative, responsible and evidence-based nursing in a variety of healthcare settings;
- Respect the rights of individuals to make choices regarding their own health and the care they receive;
- Advocate for vulnerable people who are unable to make or implement choices for themselves by virtue of their condition;
- Value and incorporate health promotion and health education within nursing practice;
- Practice within legal and ethical parameters and demonstrate accountability for their own practice;
- Enact clinical leadership and act as a change agent within the healthcare system in order to improve outcomes for individuals and communities; and
- Embrace the use of technology both in nursing practice and continuing professional development in order to maintain and extend their nursing knowledge and skills through experiential and self-directed learning.
REQUIREMENTS
- For direct admission into undergraduate courses offered by UNE you must have completed an educational qualification considered to be at least equivalent to completion of Year 12 in Australia. Entry requirements vary from country to country; and if admitted on the basis of an Australian school-leaving qualification, have achieved a pass in English and a science subject (other than Mathematics) in that school-leaving qualification; or
- hold unrestricted Enrolled Nurse registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA); or
- be an international student who has completed a minimum AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree, in a health related discipline area from a recognised university overseas, and not be currently registered to practice as a nurse in Australia; location available for UNE Sydney or Armidale on campus only, commencing in Trimester 2 and Trimester 3.
- be an international student that holds a minimum 2 year FTE post-secondary equivalent to AQF Level 5 Diploma in Nursing and be registered, licensed or recognised in their own country as registered or a professional nurse in the last ten years.
- be an international student that holds an unrestricted Enrolled Nurse registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).
- An IELTS (Academic) overall score of 7.0 with no sub-band score less than 7.0; or A minimum TOEFL Internet-Based Test (iBT) total score of 94 with a minimum score of 27 in the written component, and a minimum score of 24 in listening and reading, and a minimum score of 23 in speaking; or A minimum OET score of B in each of the four components: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing; or A minimum overall PTE Academic Score of 65 and a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of New England was originally formed in 1938 as the New England University College, a College of the University of Sydney. It became fully independent in 1954. The university is located on several sites in Armidale, NSW. All the programs are offered via the four faculties: Arts; Economics, Business and Law; Education, Health and Professional Studies; and The Sciences; these faculties incorporate 18 teaching schools. Research is offered in the areas of rural science, agricultural economics, geology, educational administration, linguistics, archaeology, etc.
