| Campus | Type of place | UAC code | Course duration | 2009 ATAR cut-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Sydney (MacKillop) | CSP | 105503 | 3F/EqP | nc |
Assumed knowledge: All students entering the course must have a Senior First Aid Certificate, including CPR, from St John Ambulance Australia or the Australian Red Cross Society, preferably with three years’ currency, or other approved first aid qualification.
Major studies: Nursing.
Clinical experience: Students undertake six clinical placements over the three years in a variety of health settings. Students have the opportunity to choose a clinical nursing specialty focus in the final semester that is linked with industry in areas of workforce need, such as medical/surgical nursing, perioperative nursing, high dependency nursing, palliative care, aged care, paediatrics, maternal and infant care, mental health, community nursing.
Honours: Graduates will be eligible for enrolment in the B Nursing Honours program.
Professional recognition: Graduates will be eligible to apply for registration as a nurse with the NSW Nurses and Midwives Board.
Career opportunities: Examples include registered nurses in various urban and rural institutional settings such as public/private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics, and in mental health, general, paediatric and aged care nursing specialties. Other career opportunities available to graduates relate to health promotion and education in community, family, industrial and Aboriginal health facilities.
Additional information: The B Nursing (Practice Leadership) is a stream in the B Nursing course which is designed for students with outstanding academic ability and leadership potential. The course provides planned opportunities for mentoring by experienced clinicians and academics in nursing scholarship and practice leadership. The intake for this course will be limited to 25 students per annum.
* Subject to approval.
| CSP | Commonwealth-supported place (used to be called HECS: includes upfront HECS payment and deferred payment through HECS-HELP). |
| N/A | Selection criteria other than the ATAR used; or the course is not offered to current Year 12 applicants. |
| A+C | Combination of ATAR and additional selection criteria used. |
| nc | New course offered through UAC, no cut-offs available. |
| n/o | No offers made in 2009, no cut-off available. |