Bachelor of Nursing

Course Details

Deakins Bachelor of Nursing gives you the knowledge, skills and ethical understanding you need to become a successful registered nurse launching you into a career where you can make a real difference. Ranked #20 in the world*, this course prepares you to provide high-quality, safe, patient-centred care in a range of settings. Our state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centres, which replicate real-world health service facilities, to prepare you for your clinical placements. Clinical placements begin in Trimester 1 of first year and continue throughout every trimester of the course, totalling 800 hours. Clinical placements enable you to care for people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a range of healthcare settings, enabling application of knowledge and further development of technical and non-technical skills. They are undertaken in various metropolitan, regional and rural healthcare settings and are supported by qualified and experienced clinicians.

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Course structure: 24 credit points which must include: 17 core units worth 21 credit points (these are compulsory); and 3 elective units (you can choose which ones to study) worth 3 credit points. At least one of 1 elective must be a course elective unit from the School of Nursing and Midwifery approved list.

For other information please contact Health enquiries at health-enquire@deakin.edu.au