Overview 2021
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Six full-time semesters across two years allow you to fast track your way into the workforce as a registered nurse.
You will study on our Rozelle campus, where you will be supported by a well-equipped simulated learning environment. During the course you'll also 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.
The two year fast-track Bachelor of Nursing course is offered through the Rozelle campus in partnership with the Sydney Local Health District, South Western Sydney Local Health District, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.
Bachelor of Nursing Fast Track courses are also offered at our Darlinghurst and Hobart campuses for eligible students. Please note the Fast Track courses are non-transferable.
Campus Information
Rozelle Campus – Corner Church and Glover Street Lilyfield NSW
When you study at our Rozelle campus, you will be supportedby a well-equipped simulated learning environment and given the opportunity to undertake work placements in both rural and metropolitan healthcare facilities.
Students studying at the Rozelle campus have onsite access to the University Library and IT services, with a regular public transport service.
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.
Practical experience
During this course, you will participate in Professional Experience Placements (PEP). This work integrated learning approach enables students to practice skills, behaviours and knowledge in a workplace environment. The aim of PEP is to immerse students in a professional healthcare setting, to gain a better understanding of the roles of professionals within the health care system.
Partnerships with local health districts across Sydney mean you will be receiving the best work placements in both rural and metropolitan healthcare facilities. Here, you will meet and learn from the health professionals who you will one day work beside.
Career outcomes
While many of the students are from different cultural backgrounds, in the environment that the University provides we are all part of the team and felt like we belonged to a family.
On graduation, you will be eligible to apply for registration as a nurse, and ready to begin an exciting career. Nurses make up the largest health professional group in the world, and a nursing career offers varied opportunities in many healthcare settings and areas such as acute care, addiction, child and family health, community, emergency, mental health, midwifery, oncology – just to name a few.
For those who wish to specialise in a particular field, postgraduate study opportunities are also available.
Course structure
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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