堪培拉大学

If you’re a high achiever and passionate about a career as a future leader of nursing, then the Bachelor of Nursing Advanced is the perfect opportunity to have your passion and hard work recognised. This four-year (full-time) course incorporates an advanced honours year as part of the program and offers an additional year of both clinical practice and research over and above the standard Bachelor of Nursing course.

As part of your training, you will use the latest cutting-edge technology to simulate real-life situations and benefit from ground-breaking interactive and online practice methods. You will also undertake clinical placement experience across a broad range of healthcare service providers across all four years of your course, starting from your first semester onwards.
In your final year, you’ll also undertake a research project and thesis related to an area of clinical interest with the full support and encouragement of academic mentors.

This course can also be studied part-time and is fully accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). If you’d like to progress through to postgraduate studies, there are plenty of UC courses to choose from including the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing, Master of Nursing, Master of Nursing (Research).

Study a Bachelor of Nursing Advanced at UC and you will:

acquire foundation knowledge and skills to provide safe, sensitive, effective and holistic nursing care to people of all ages and backgrounds
learn through a concept-based teaching approach integrating the science, ethics and aesthetics of contemporary nursing practice
understand and apply nursing management principles in a range of settings including primary healthcare and health promotion, long-term and residential care, mental health, acute and critical care, rural and remote services, and policy development
develop and broaden your knowledge, skills and attitude to work and prepare for real-world clinical practice
acquire in-depth knowledge of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan
participate in clinical laboratories, tutorials, lectures and seminars with face-to-face and online teaching
undertake professional practice to ensure readiness for employment as a beginning nurse clinician.

Career opportunities

Successful completion of this course automatically leads to official registration as an Australian Registered nurse and the additional opportunity to explore a more career-focused pathway through further nursing research and placement.