We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests.
Pearson PTE (Academic):
(Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement date) Overall 65, Listening : 65, Reading: 65, Writing: 65, Speaking: 65
IELTS Academic:
(Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement date) Overall 7, Listening: 7, Reading: 7, Writing:7, Speaking : 7
TOEFL iBT:
(Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement date) Overall 98, Listening: 24, Reading: 24, Writing: 27, Speaking: 23
Highlights
QUT was the first provider of tertiary nurse education in Queensland and has more than 40 years of experience and industry consultation.
Complete 840 hours of clinical placement.
Opportunities to apply to travel overseas and provide health services to communities in developed and developing countries.
Prepare yourself for a career in public and private hospitals, nursing homes, community health, hospital in the home, school health, pathology laboratories, alcohol and drug services and the armed forces.
Why choose this course?
QUT was the first provider of tertiary nurse education in Queensland. Our course content reflects emerging developments in healthcare and nursing practice that have been identified through consultation with industry partners, discipline experts and research literature.
Our School of Nursing is one of the largest and most established centres in Australia, with more than 40 years of industry consultation and experience. You will learn from some of Australia’s most respected and influential nurse academics and researchers.
Foundation studies will build your knowledge in key areas of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and will introduce you to professional nursing practice and contemporary healthcare service.
You will also develop an understanding of pharmacology with an emphasis on quality use of medicines. These studies are complemented with opportunities to apply nursing theory to clinical practice in our on campus facilities and in clinical placements off campus.
Graduates of this degree are prepared to excel in a profession where the scope of practice is expanding and there are greater responsibilities for delivery of more complex interventions in a range of healthcare settings and across diverse populations.
Our course recognises the increased demand for graduates who understand the importance of person-centred care and have the capacity to engage people as informed partners in their health care.
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Nursing is one of the most diverse health professions and provides employment opportunities in Australia and overseas.
Employment can be in general and specialist areas such as emergency, paediatrics or mental health, and in areas of health care beyond the traditional hospital ward including community health, in-home care, school health, pathology laboratories, alcohol and drug dependence, and the armed services.
Many nurses complete further study and become specialists in acute care nursing, cancer nursing, emergency nursing, intensive care nursing, mental health nursing, or paediatric, child and youth health nursing.
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
