Bachelor of Nursing - 728502

Bachelor of Nursing

728502

Health and Recreation

This innovative program adopts a narrative and inquiry-based approach to learning, integrating clinical placements in major teaching hospitals, community and other healthcare settings. Students undertake extensive supervised clini […]

Full time Part time

Course Fee

CSP/$5640 (1st year contribution)

Start Date

Feb 2025

The University of Queensland - St Lucia

Duration

3 years Full time or 6 years Part time

Offer Rounds

16 Jan 2025

Overview Admissions Criteria Student Profile Career Possibilities

Course outline

The Bachelor of Nursing adopts a narrative and inquiry-based approach to learning, integrating clinical placements in major teaching hospitals, community and other healthcare settings. Students undertake up to 880 hours of supervised clinical placements throughout the program, in a range of clinical settings. During their final year, clinical placement opportunities may be available in fields such as critical care, emergency medicine, paediatrics, aged care, rural, and mental health. For more information, visit Bachelor of Nursing at UQ.

Note

Placements in the nursing program are secured with a number of providers and in their first year, students will be allocated a placement within 1.5 hours of their residential address where possible. To ensure they receive a broad range of experiences, students may undertake placement activities at clinical partner hospitals and health services including Metro North, Metro South, Mater Hospitals, aged care nursing homes, West Moreton Hospital and Health Service, private providers, and regional and rural health settings.

Other requirements

On application, applicants will be required to demonstrate their English language proficiency. On admission, the following requirements must be met: first aid certificate (including CPR); Blue Card; medical questionnaire; police check for criminal history; current status with respect to blood-borne transmissible viruses and tuberculosis (TB); and a schedule of immunisations. Details about these requirements are made available at the time of offer. For more information, visit Placements.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for UQ and for this course, refer to UQ’s website.

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C)

Additional entry requirements

To enrol in this program, applicants must have attended and satisfactorily completed at least 6 years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English. At least two years of this education must have been between grades 7 and 12. This education must have been completed in one of the following countries; Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America. If an applicant has not met these educational requirements, they are required to provide evidence of an acceptable English Language test. For more information see English Language Proficiency.

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

78.00

Minimum selection threshold explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

99.75

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

99.95

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

86.15

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

86.75

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

73.30

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

78.20

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

Percentage of all students

24.9%

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor

Number of students

Percentage of all students

7.2%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

N/P#

Percentage of all students

N/P#

All students

Number of students

123

Percentage of all students

68.0%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
# N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students

Career opportunities

Registered nurse in various public, private or community healthcare settings; critical care and emergency; mental health; aged care; research; and academic and clinical teaching.

Membership

Australian College of Nursing.

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