Academic entry requirements
Bachelor Degree: preferably with studies in Health, Behavioural science or Biological science.
Add a nursing qualification to your existing degree with this two-year graduate course. With practical experience from first year, you'll graduate ready to register with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
Your hands-on experience begins at our on-campus clinical simulation centres and extends to supervised experience in hospitals and healthcare agencies. Alongside this clinical experience, you'll study transition to Bachelor of Nursing, acute nursing care, nursing research and Indigenous health. These subjects enable you to support patients and lead care across the life span. You'll also take more specialised subjects like Mental Health Nursing, Recognising and Responding to the Deteriorating Patient and Nursing People with Chronic Illnesses.
Senior metropolitan students will undertake study at one of our clinical schools in leading Victorian hospitals like:
The Alfred
The Austin
Royal Melbourne
and The Northern.
La Trobe Regional School students will undertake their studies at a local site.
The final subjects in the curriculum aim to support your transition to Registered Nurse by promoting consolidation and reflection on your clinical practice and engagement in professional nursing. These subjects assist you manage time, lead teams, manage caseloads and make ethical clinical decisions with a compassionate and caring approach.
To support your studies, you may be eligible for a La Trobe scholarship or a scholarship from the Australian College of Nursing. Our student exchange program also offers overseas study opportunities with partner universities around the world. Part time study options are only available via consultation with the course coordinator and the development of an Agreed Progression Plan.
You'll receive advanced standing credits for your previous degree, enabling you to complete this degree in two years instead of three. If your previous degree didn't include studies in human physiology and anatomy, you'll need to complete a bridging course before starting this course.
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Study options
Core subjects
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Year 1
Year level 1 credit
Year 2
academic integrity module
wominjeka la trobe: indigenous cultural literacy for higher education
first nations health
nursing and midwifery research
nursing patients with acute illness a
nursing patients with acute illness b
nursing: health priorities a
nursing: health priorities b
primary healthcare nursing
transition to nursing
Year 3
engagement in professional nursing
nursing patients with chronic illness
nursing: mental health and illness
recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient
Capstone subjects
Capstone subjects are required subjects in your course or major that help you integrate and apply the knowledge and skills you gain to solve real world problems. Capstone subjects are often taken towards the end of your course.
Year 3
Nursing: Reflection And Consolidation
Graduates may take up nursing positions in the surgical, medical, paediatric, perioperative, emergency, rehabilitation, aged care, special care nursery or community fields.
As a registered nurse (RN), you can pursue career opportunities around the world in a range of settings, including:
530 AUD/year
