Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Bachelor of Nursing Science

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The Bachelor of Nursing Science is a three-year full-time course (currently only available at the Shepparton campus). The course takes a research-oriented approach to practice and encourages clinical skills to be developed in a systematic and evidence-based manner. Clinical skill development occurs in a wide variety of affiliated health agencies with the clinical hours offered in this program being generally greater than those provided in three-year bachelor of nursing programs elsewhere in the State.

Course objectives

The objectives of the Bachelor of Nursing Science are to:

1. produce a beginning level nursing practitioner who demonstrates:

• the capacity for information seeking and retrieval;

• evaluation and critical appraisal skills;

• intercultural sensitivity and understanding;

• well-developed communication skills, both written and oral;

• the ability to contribute to the multidisciplinary health team in the management of individuals and populations with health care needs; and

2. impart knowledge, attitudes and skills that will encourage and enable the graduates to:

• identify legal and ethical responsibilities in practice;

• understand and articulate the contribution of the professional nurse in the multidisciplinary team;

• develop understanding of health from both a population and individual perspective;

• understand the contextual bases of health care;

• take an evidence-based approach to practice;

• understand the complex interplay of psychological, sociocultural, legal and political factors that influence health care and health outcomes;

• be self-directed and recognise the importance of, and obtain the requisite skills, to engage in ongoing professional education;

• meet the competencies identified by the Australian Nursing Council as necessary for practice as a Registered Nurse.

Recognition of prior knowledge

There are two standard programs within the course which recognise the knowledge and skills (a) of Division 2 nurses and holders of bachelor degrees with studies in the life or biosciences, and (b) Australian or overseas diploma qualified nurses and Australian or overseas qualified medical doctors. The former enter at year 2 and complete a two-year program and the latter at year 3 and complete a one-year program. (These two programs are available at both the Parkville and Shepparton campuses.)

First year

514-094 Health and Human Behaviour
514-095 Foundations in Health Sciences 1
514-096 Foundations in Nursing Practice 1
514-097 Contemporary Health Care
514-098 Foundations in Health Sciences 2
514-099 Foundations in Nursing Practice 2

Second year

514-100 Health, Nursing and Society
514-101 Biomedical Science and Nursing

514-102 Clinical Nursing 1

514-103 Psychology in Nursing
514-104 Biomedical Science and Nursing 2
514-105 Clinical Nursing 2

Third year

514-106 Health Promotion
514-107 Biomedical Science and Nursing 3
514-108 Clinical Nursing 3
514-109 Health Teaching and Learning
514-110 Professional Issues in Nursing
514-111 Clinical Nursing 4

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