OVERVIEW
The Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) allows students to develop a comprehensive understanding of professional nursing practice. The advanced component focuses on cultivating non-technical skills in leadership and decision making and a better understanding of our international health landscape.
Who is it for?
This course is designed for those who wish to combine high-quality practical learning with extensive clinical placements across a range of settings. The degree will prepare you to apply for registration to practice as a nurse in Australia.
Graduate of this course will be prepared to work in a range of environments including:
- Public and private healthcare systems
- Acute care hospitals
- Children's hospitals
- Trauma and emergency care
- Aged care
- Community nursing
- Palliative care
- Home care nursing
- Drug and alcohol centres
- Operating rooms and other surgical settings
- Rural and remote nursing
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Clinical research trials
- Other health and education-related fields
What you’ll study
The Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) is an undergraduate coursework degree that will prepare you for professional practice as a registered nurse. The advanced studies component of this course focuses on cultivating skills in leadership and decision-making, while offering a better understanding of the international health landscape. The course is accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council and graduates will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia on completion.
You will study core units in nursing practice and its contexts, and health, development and assessment. These include studies in child and adolescent health and care, ageing health and care, and understanding experiences of illness. In this course you will complete 880 hours of clinical placements in healthcare facilities monitored or operated by the NSW Department of Health.
Clinical experience makes up a key part of the course, with all students required to undertake 880 hours of clinical placements in health care facilities monitored or operated by the NSW Department of Health throughout the degree.
Placements will give students hands-on nursing practice in a variety of health care settings including:
- emergency departments
- intensive care units
- paediatric units
- mental health facilities
- community health centres.
Students also have the opportunity to undertake overseas clinical placements, exploring nursing within the context of other cultures and languages.
Why study with us?
- The University of Sydney is placed equal 19th globally in the highly regarded 2024 QS World University Rankings, rising 22 places from last year.
- 1st in Australia and 13th globally for nursing (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023).
Highly respected and experienced teaching staff
You'll learn from highly respected nursing practitioners and researchers. Many of our staff work in frontline healthcare services, making a real difference to the healthcare landscape in Australia and internationally.
Clinical experience
We produce graduates who have the critical thinking skills and nursing knowledge to provide the best care for people, wherever they are. Our graduates engage with and contribute to important decisions about trends in treatment, patient care and disease prevention.
Our students gain practical, hands-on experience in dedicated clinical simulation facilities on the Westmead Campus and in the Susan Wakil Health Building on the Camperdown Campus.
Susan Wakil Health building
You will learn in our state of the art Susan Wakil Health Building, with access to brand new clinical simulation teaching spaces, research facilities, a multi-service clinic and a brand new library.
