BACHELOR OF NURSING

Bring your dreams of becoming a Registered Nurse to life with an approach as person-centred and community-focused as you are.

The new Torrens University Australia Bachelor of Nursing addresses the growing global demand for caring – and highly skilled – professionals across a variety of different, often complex, healthcare and community settings.

Through the excellence of our on-campus simulation hospital environment and 840 hours of clinical placements, we’ll develop your practical and clinical skills.

We aim to ensure you can utilise the knowledge gained throughout the program when you graduate.

Our promise is to deliver quality education through contemporary and evidence-based methods.

You’ll learn vital skills in assessment and clinical decision-making as well as how to put patients first.

We’ll make sure you’re taken care of, too.

Being a student at Torrens University Australia means you will be part of Laureate, a leading international network.

You’ll see exactly how we embody our ‘Here for Good’ philosophy and how it will shape the work you do every day.

When students succeed, societies benefit.

We can’t wait to see what you’ll go on to do.

On completion of the Bachelor of Nursing, you are eligible to apply for registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Agency (AHPRA) as a registered nurse (RN).

In order to receive registration, you must satisfy the English Language Requirements and Criminal Record Check.

The Bachelor of Nursing consists of 24 subjects each with the value of 10 credit points. A student must satisfactorily complete each subject for a course total of 240 credit points. Core subjects = 24

LEVEL 100 SUBJECTS

• HAS108 Health Assessment
• EBP107 Evidence Based Practice
• HBD106 Human Biology and Disease
• CPC105 Care of Persons with Chronic Conditions
• SHI104 Sociology of Health and Illness
• SCP103 Self-care Practices
• SHB102 Structure and Function of the Human Body
• BAN101 Becoming a Nurse

LEVEL 200 SUBJECTS

• PHC208 Primary Healthcare in the Community
• UMH207 Understanding Mental Health
• Care of Children and Adolescents
• CCA206 The Australian Healthcare System within a Global Context
• HDW204 Healthcare in the Digital World
• CAP203 Care of the Person with an Acute Illness.
• TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines
• First Peoples Cultures, History and Health

LEVEL 300 SUBJECTS

• PPC308 Professional Practice Capstone
• FLI307 First Line Intervention
• CPC306 Complex Care
• TRN305 Transition to being a Registered Nurse
• MHC303 Mental Healthcare
• PCC302 Palliative Care and Life Limiting Conditions
• FPH201 Clinical Practice
• POA304 Positive Ageing

• Gain critical skills in professional assessment and clinical decision-making
• Clinical placement in multiple healthcare, industry and community settings
• Key determinants in patient health and wellbeing