Overview 2021
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the International Online Course Guide (PDF 809KB) for courses that are offered to international students
On campus in Launceston you will be supported by a well-equipped simulated learning environment and during the course you'll be given the opportunity to undertake work placements in both rural and metropolitan healthcare facilities. You will develop the knowledge and skills – and perhaps most importantly, the attitude – needed to offer the highest quality health care. You will learn the best practices for the provision of patient-centred care, safety and quality in practice, and research and evidence based practice in nursing.
As an accredited course, once you graduate from this program you will have the knowledge and practical skills to register as a nurse in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
The Bachelor of Nursing can be completed in two years with the Fast Track degree. We have fully accredited courses at our Hobart and Sydney campuses (Rozelle and Darlinghurst) for eligible students.
Please note: the Fast Track courses are highly competitive and non-transferable.
Course objectives
Graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing will
- Practice consistently in accordance with the Registered Nurse Standards for practice
- Demonstrate the consistent, effective and coherent application of consolidated, synthesised knowledge and skills to contextualised, complex, simulated and clinical situations
- Demonstrate effective application of clinical reasoning through the consistent and coherent application of consolidated, synthesised knowledge and skills and a developing ability to assess, analyse, problem solve, adapt and act effectively in unpredictable and complex clinical situations
- Demonstrate consistent critical self-reflection and responsibility that indicates an active commitment to practice improvement and life-long learning
- Demonstrate autonomy, initiative and well developed clinical judgement in diverse clinical situations.
- Communicate effectively, drawing on an appropriate evidence base, in order to transmit knowledge, ideas and skills to others including patients, clients, residents and their families, peers and members of the health care team.
- Demonstrate the ability to practice collaboratively and effectively as a member of the health care team.
- Consistently demonstrate cultural competencies.
Work placement
Theoretical studies are held on site and on line at each campus and students undertake professional experience in health care centres, including rural and community, throughout Tasmania and NSW. Costs associated with travel, accommodation and uniforms are met by students. Please note that students are allocated to Professional Experience Placements subject to their availability and students may be required to travel and relocate.
Career outcomes
The main highlight of studying at UTAS was, as a mature age student, the establishment of a new confidence, as well as skills and knowledge. This enabled me to embark on new challenging future filled with great hope, wonderful dreams and excitement.
- Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as a nurse with the national regulatory authority.
- There are employment opportunities in many diverse healthcare settings for Registered Nurses.
- Graduates are able to pursue postgraduate opportunities in Nursing or other related disciplines.
Professional Recognition
The University of Tasmania provides an accredited course from which graduates are eligible to apply for registration as a nurse in Australia.
If you are intending to apply for registration as a nurse in another country you must meet the requirements stipulated by nursing councils, licensing boards or colleges. Therefore, you should contact the registration authority in the county in which you wish to register to determine the requirements.
Course structure
The course structures are outlined in the Bachelor of Nursing schedule A.
Modes of Delivery
Theoretical studies are held on site and on line at each campus and students undertake professional experience in health care centres, including rural and community, throughout Tasmania and NSW. Costs associated with travel, accommodation and uniforms are met by students. Please note that students are allocated to Professional Experience Placements subject to their availability and students may be required to travel and relocate.
Course Schedule
Year 1
Semester 1
This unit provides the opportunity for students to acquire foundational knowledge and skills relating to membership of nursing as both a discipline and a regulated profession. Throughout the unit students will be introduced to the academic skills relevant to first…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA149 Professional and Discipline Studies in Nursing
This unit will introduce students to the foundational communication skills required to participate as an effective therapeutic agent and collaborative member of the inter-professional healthcare team. Students will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be a capable, safe…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA150 Foundations for Professional Practice 1
This unit introduces students to the various understandings of health and models of health care in contemporary Australia. Factors that determine and influence health and illness are explored. The experience of health and illness is considered in the context of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA151 Health and Health Care in Australia
This unit introduces you to human growth and physical development, major body systems and health assessment across the lifespan. Approaches to health assessment will be introduced, with the integration of foundational anatomy and physiology. You will begin to develop the…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Semester 2
This unit is designed to prepare students for entry into practice, enhance understanding of professional frameworks, and promote the development of professional identity as nurses. Students will extend their understanding of core quality, safety, legal and ethical concepts that will…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA153 Foundations for Professional Practice 2
This unit introduces and facilitates the development of the fundamental knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour required for undertaking safe practice in healthcare environments. It incorporates 80 hours of Professional Experience Placement (PEP) in a practice environment and highlights the importance…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit builds on the key concepts introduced in CNA152: Health Assessment 1. Students will continue to develop their understanding of major body systems and health assessment across the lifespan. Approaches to health assessment will be further matured with the…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit explores how historical, cultural and social elements and policy frameworks have shaped the health and wellbeing of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Cultural safety, self-determination and collaboration are central concepts within this unit. You will…
Credit Points: 6.25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CNA156 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Well Being
Health service providers in Australia need to respond effectively to diverse populations. This unit will introduce to you the diversity of races, ethnicities, religions, sexualities, genders and abilities in Australia. You will examine how belonging to a diverse group can…
Credit Points: 6.25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CNA157 Responding to Diversity: Global Perspectives
Year 2
Semester 1
This unit builds on the learning in CNA154 Nursing Practice 1 and incorporates simulation based learning and 160 hours of Professional Experience Placement. The unit addresses the organisation of knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning which will support in-practice experience. The…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
In this unit students will be introduced to pharmacology, scheduling and drug classification systems and essential information on pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism. Students will gain the knowledge and skills required to safely administer medications. Medication safety, the prevention of adverse…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA251 Pharmacology and Medication Management
This unit introduces students to a selection of current national health priorities. Students are introduced to the concepts of contextual physiology and pathophysiology and nursing practice across primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Students will continue to develop the capacity to…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
The focus of this unit is on mental health and illness across the lifespan. A consumer-orientated approach to health care is emphasised throughout this unit to assist students to appreciate concepts that shape mental health practices, including chronic condition self-management,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Semester 2
CNA253 (Professional Practice 2) and CNA255 (Professional Practice 3) are taught simultaneously. The units present specific areas of health and illness through consideration of the physiology and pathophysiology typically observed during various disease states. Drawing on these bioscientific understandings, clinical…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit builds on the learning in Nursing Practice 2 and incorporates 160 hours of Professional Experience Placement. The unit is presented in a three module format to support the in-practice experience with a focus on complex clinical encounters that…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
CNA253 (Professional Practice 2) and CNA255 (Professional Practice 3) are taught simultaneously. The units present specific areas of health and illness through consideration of the physiology and pathophysiology typically observed during various disease states. Drawing on these bioscientific understandings, clinical…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces students to the complex topic of ageing from a person-centred perspective. It is divided into two key modules Normal Ageing and Ageing with ill-health. The content of this unit will focus on healthy, positive ageing and on…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CNA257 Older Persons and Ageing populations
Year 3
Semester 1
This unit builds on the learning from Nursing Practice 3 and incorporates 240 hours of Professional Experience Placement (PEP). The unit focuses on assisting the student to transition to professional practice as a Registered Nurse through assessment of their progress…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA340 Developing Professional Nursing Practice
This unit reinforces the research content covered in previous semesters and has an explicit emphasis on the implementation of research in practice. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research, research ethics and accessing and interpreting high level evidence are examined in…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA341 Improving Health and Nursing Practice through Translational Research
This unit introduces students to fundamental concepts in the care of children, youth and their families in Australia. A variety of epidemiologic, sociocultural, political and developmental perspectives on child health will be explored. Opportunities are provided for considering how social…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA342 Child, Youth and Family Health Care
Strengths-based nursing and healthcare is an approach that guides healthcare delivery for persons and families and is at the forefront of international healthcare reforms and nursing developments. This approach aims to optimise functioning and wellbeing, promote health and create conditions…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CNA343 Strengths Based Nursing & Healthcare
Semester 2
This unit focuses on becoming a Registered Nurse and is the capstone practice unit in which students consolidate understanding of what it means to think and act like a Registered Nurse. The unit requires students to synthesise knowledge and skills…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CNA344 Becoming a Registered Nurse: Practice Consolidation
The unit builds upon and consolidates learning undertaken in Professional Practice 1, 2 & 3 and focuses on becoming a Registered Nurse and consolidating the ability to predict and respond reliably and appropriately in clinical practice situations. This unit utilises…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is designed to prepare students for transition into professional practice as a newly graduated registered nurse. Clinical, shared and self-governance are addressed and students have the opportunity to integrate concepts of clinical supervision, preceptorship, collaboration, delegation, leadership and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CNA346 Transition to Professional Practice
This unit provides the opportunity for students to enhance their professional practice. Students will select one of the following three streams:1. Specialisation: Students who opt for the Specialisation stream will have the opportunity to explore aspects of a chosen nursing…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
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Entry requirements
Eligibility
We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you’re not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option.
Enquire online for advice on the application process and the available pathways to study at UTAS.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS
Domestic applicants who recently completed secondary education (completed in the past two years)
Applicants are ranked by ATAR and offers made based on the number of places available. In 2019, the lowest ATAR to receive an offer into this course was 50.3. The lowest ATAR to receive an offer may change from year to year based on the number of applications we receive.
We recommend previous studies in Health Sciences, Sport Science, Biology, Mathematics and English at the senior secondary level or equivalent, but this is not a prerequisite for admission.
Applicants who have recently completed senior secondary studies but have not received an ATAR may still be eligible for admission. We will consider your study plan and subject results on a case-by-case basis when we assess your application.
Domestic applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- Completed a course at Associate Degree level or higher at any Australian higher education provider (or an equivalent overseas qualification); or
- Completed at least four units of study (equivalent to 50 UTAS credit points) of a course at Associate Degree level (or an equivalent overseas qualification). If you have failed any units your application may be subject to further review before an offer is made; or
- Competed the UTAS University Preparation Program, or an equivalent enabling program offered by another Australian university.
Domestic applicants with VET / TAFE study
To be eligible for an offer, you must have:
- completed a Certificate IV or higher in a field related to health or aged care; or
- completed a diploma or advanced diploma in any field.
Domestic applicants
If you have not successfully completed senior secondary, tertiary or TAFE/VET study, but have relevant work and life experience you can complete a personal competency statement. You may be eligible for an offer if you have sustained work experiences that demonstrate a capacity to succeed in this course.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
If your ability to access or participate in education has been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you can apply for special consideration as part of your application. We will consider a range of factors for special consideration, including economic hardship, a serious medical condition or disability.
We can only approve applications for special consideration where we are confident that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your studies. If your application is not approved, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best alternative pathway to your chosen course. Special consideration is not available for international applicants.
SAFETY IN PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
This course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course’s Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS
Admissions information for international applicants, including English language requirements, is available from the International Future Students site. You can also enquire online to check your eligibility.
Articulation to
Students may articulate from the Bachelor of Nursing to the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours, Bachelor of Nursing with Clinical Honours (Transition to Practice) or to the BN Professional Honours (specialisation), Graduate Certificate, or Graduate Diploma in Nursing after six months post registration experience.
Detailed Admissions Information
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2021 Total Course Fee (international students): $105,456 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $33,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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