ACU graduate nurses are held in high regard for their clinical skills, quick thinking, and compassion. We’re connected to an extensive range of hospitals and health care partners, so you will get the best opportunities for industry placements and future employment. If you’re after an overseas experience, we also work with care facilities in a number of developed and developing countries.
CRICOS Code:001293G
Year 1 - Semester 1, HLSC120
Indigenous health and culture, HLSC122
Evidence for practice, NRSG138
Transition into nursing, NRSG139
Integrating practice 1: assessment in health
Year 1 - Semester 2, BIOL121
Human biological Science 1, UNCC100
Self and community: exploring the anatomy of modern society, HLSC111
The Person, health and wellbeing, NRSG140
Integrating practice 2 (Pre: NRSG139)
Year 2 - Semester 1, BIOL122
Human biological science 2
(Pre: BIOL121), NRSG263
Principles of nursing: mental health, NRSG258
Principles of nursing: surgical, NRSG264
Integrating practice 3
(Pre: NRSG140)
Year 2 - Semester 2, NRSG265
Principles of nursing: medical, NRSG266
Principles of nursing: contexts of ageing, HLSC220
Health care ethics, NRSG267
Integrating practice 4
(Pre: NRSG140)
Year 3 - Semester 1, UNCC300
Justice and change in a global world
(Pre: UNCC100), NRSG371
Building healthy communities
(Pre: Completion of a minimum of 140 credit points), NRSG372
Principles of nursing: chronic illness and disability
(Pre: Completion of a minimum of 140 credit points), NRSG373
Integrating practice 5
(Pre: NRSG264, NRSG267)
Year 3 - Semester 2, NRSG374
Principles of nursing: a palliative approach
(Pre: Completion of a minimum of 140 credit points), NRSG375
Clinical leadership
(Pre: Completion of a minimum of 180 credit points), NRSG367
Transition to professional nursing
(Pre: Completion of a minimum of 180 credit points), NRSG376
Integrating practice 6
(Pre: NRSG373)
An Honours year is available to meritorious students, with a grade point average of 5.5, who meet the admission requirements for the Bachelor of Nursing (Honours).
Our graduates have pursued careers in:
public hospitals
private hospitals
disability services
rehabilitation services
specialist centres
community health
residential aged care facilities
hospital emergency departments
local and state government health departments
not-for-profit organisations
mental health services
rural health services
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
