Diploma
APPLICATIONS FOR 2023 ARE CURRENTLY NOT OPEN
Applicants applying who are health care professionals with AHPRA registration (for example Diploma of Nursing qualifications) or who intend to apply for credit must apply for the Bachelor of Nursing SATAC code 104951(FT) or 104961(PT) for Casuarina Campus or, SATAC code 104955(FT) or 104965(PT) for Online.
The Diploma of Health Care/Bachelor of Nursing is a combined course that will see you graduate with two qualifications in the same time it takes to complete one.
The Diploma of Health Care is integrated into the Bachelor of Nursing and will be awarded after your first year of study, which means you'll hold a qualification and can start working in the health sector while you finish your degree.
The Bachelor of Nursing is a professionally accredited degree and will qualify you to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (Division 1). This degree is an accredited program of study recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Practical Training
In order to complete the Bachelor of Nursing and qualify as a Registered Nurse, you are required to undertake two types of practical experience: simulation blocks and supervised placements. You will complete simulation blocks (in each year of study) that must be completed full-time and on campus at one of CDU's many simulation suites located across Australia.
You will also complete 880 hours of supervised placements across the three years of the degree. These will take place in a variety of healthcare settings that are located within your state/territory. Regardless of your study mode or pattern, you are required to complete clinical placement on a full-time basis, with rotating shifts across a seven-day week. These may include night, weekend and public holiday shifts.
As a Bachelor of Nursing student, you may also have opportunity to broaden your global outlook with additional international study tours and exchanges.
English Language Requirements
In order to register as a nurse or midwife in Australia, you're required to meet the English language requirements laid out by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. This applies to all initial registrations, regardless of whether they qualified in Australia or overseas. Find out more: the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) at www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/.
Safe Practice
In order to study nursing and practice safely, you will need to have an inherent set of qualities. Nursing needs a degree of physical strength and mobility, endurance, communication and cognitive abilities. If you feel you may experience challenges in meeting these requirements, you are encouraged discuss these with the Bachelor of Nursing Course Coordinator before enrolling in the course.
Reporting Obligations
Under the National Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, CDU is required to register nursing students with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and to notify AHPRA if a student has or develops a health impairment that may place the public at substantial risk of harm. More information from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) at www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/.
Course transfer into the Bachelor of Nursing is not permitted. Students who wish to transfer into this course must follow the application process.
APPLICATIONS FOR 2023 ARE CURRENTLY NOT OPEN
Admission requirements are met by one of the following:
*After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.
Applicants applying who are health care professionals with AHPRA registration (for example Diploma of Nursing qualifications) must apply for the WNUR01 Bachelor of Nursing, and apply using either SATAC code 104841 for Casuarina Campus or Online, or SATAC code 164081 for Sydney Campus.
Twenty-one (21) compulsory core units provide students with essential knowledge that underpins a population health and person-centred approach to nursing practice when caring for people with acute and chronic health problems. The specialist elective unit provides greater depth of knowledge and allows students to study a generalised or specialty subjects in which they have a specific interest.