Bachelor of Nursing Pre Registration

The Bachelor of Nursing (Pre-Registration) is for students with no previous formal nursing qualifications, for enrolled nurses and/or for psychiatric/mental health/mental deficiency nurses who would like to become eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (refer to Professional recognition/membership for further information). Students in this course are required to do professional experience placement (work experience) during their program of study. Certain statutory and other requirements must be met before any student is permitted to attend placement. Details of these requirements. You will: be introduced to clinical practice together with the scientific basis of nursing, communication for practice, research skills and the role of the nurse in the health care system; develop nursing skills and relate all aspects of body function with nursing practice, and continue gaining clinical experience in various health care settings; explore complex health issues in nursing such as Indigenous health issues, nursing in a sociopolitical context and mental illness, alcohol tobacco and other drugs.