Bachelor of Nursing
The University of Notre Dame Australia
CRICOS provider number: 01032F TEQSA provider ID: PRV12170
Courses included
This course has been cancelled
About
The Bachelor of Nursing is a comprehensive degree that prepares students to meet the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and to meet their legal and ethical obligations as a registered nurse.
Students will engage in a curriculum that has, at its core, patient safety and person-centred care. There will be a focus on critical thinking, clinical reasoning, critical reflection and the use of current evidence and research that are essential in the development of sound clinical judgements and decisions to practise safely in a complex health environment.
Person-centeredness, communication and cultural safety will be explored in both the theoretical and professional practice components of the degree. There will also be a focus on the healthcare needs and approaches to culturally safe nursing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Students will explore current and emerging global, national and regional health priorities.
The curriculum takes an iterative approach to learning and developingregister ed nurse capability.
Areas of study
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health, complex care and palliation, human body, clinical therapeutics, illness prevention and management, law and ethics, leadership and governance, mental health and wellbeing, public and global health, research for practice.
Students also choose one elective. Options include: Advanced mental health nursing, critical care, maternal care, paediatric nursing, palliative care, perioperative nursing, rural and remote nursing.
Career opportunities
Nurse in aged care; community nursing; critical care; mental health; medical and surgical nursing; perioperative nursing; paediatric nursing.
Professional recognition
Accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.
Practical experience
800–1200 hours of full-time clinical experience.
Fees and charges
Refer to Notre Dame current fee information.
Essential requirements for admission
All applicants must complete Notre Dame's Individual Factors Form and upload it to their UAC application.
Check the special requirements and policies for this course.
Admission criteria
Refer to Notre Dame general admission criteria.
Further information
View all details of this course on the University of Notre Dame website
ATAR profile
ATAR-based offers only (semester 1, 2024)
Use all ATAR profile data as a guide only; it provides a broad overview of the ATARs and selection ranks of previous Year 12 students admitted into that course. ATARs and selection ranks required for entry in 2020 may be different. If you are unsure about including a course among your preferences, contact the relevant institution.
- This ATAR profile table is in line with Commonwealth Government transparency requirements. It is based on offers to recent school leavers (ie completed Year 12 in the last 2 years) who were selected solely or partly on their ATAR. Note that some institutions further differentiate this information on their websites.
- The ATAR values exclude any adjustment factors.
- The selection ranks include the ATAR and any adjustment factors.
Abbreviations
– = data is not available.<5 = less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made.
N/A = no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
NC = new course
NP = Not provided by institution
NR = No reportable profile
NS = No Semester 1 offers
NN = Unavailable (other)
NO = Entry on other criteria
Student profile
Course updates
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