Overview
Graduate with the theoretical and clinical skills to start your career as a registered nurse.
Major areas of study include foundational nursing care, acute care nursing, and mental health nursing.
Theoretical content is supported with nursing practice laboratories, clinical simulation and clinical practice.
Other areas of study include anatomy and physiology and complex care nursing in both acute care and mental health settings with an emphasis on research-based practice.
RMIT’s nursing degree prepares you for diverse and complex healthcare environments through academic excellence, innovative research and clinical practice.
Major areas of study include:
- anatomy and physiology
- community care nursing
- foundational nursing care
- continuing care nursing
- high dependency nursing
- medical surgical nursing
- mental health nursing
This degree features:
- clinical practice in each year, in a range of clinical settings across metropolitan and rural areas
- clinical laboratories, giving you extended access to the labs to practice your nursing skills
- mental health nursing courses
- a core indigenous health course
- professional development support to prepare you for graduate employment
Career
Working with a range of healthcare professionals, nurses are involved in the care of individuals, families and communities.
Nurses use their clinical judgement to advocate and promote safe healthcare environments. They are also involved in education and research, shaping health policy and approaches to patient care.
Nurses perform complex assessments of the physical and psychological needs of patients and put together care plans for their treatment and recovery.
They assist medical staff who perform invasive or complex procedures, educate patients to promote self-care and health, perform clinical tasks such as wound management and medication administration, and supervise other nurses or healthcare workers.
They can also specialize in a range of areas including emergency, paediatrics, cardiology, education, mental health, aged care, critical care, oncology and public health.
Nurses work in hospitals, general practices, aged-care facilities and community care. They work across a wide range of fields including:
- emergency
- mental health
- neonatal
- orthopaedic
- paediatric
- rehabilitation
- oncology
- critical care
- aged-care
Career outlook
Nursing is an essential profession with a high number of employees in Australia and around the world.
Graduates will have excellent employment prospects in a diverse range of metropolitan, rural, remote, and overseas healthcare settings, including:
- public and private hospitals
- community and public health
- acute care nursing
- mental health nursing
- aged-care nursing
- specialty support services
- industry and school health nursing
Graduates have gone on to work at a range of organisations including:
- public and private acute care hospitals
- community mental health organisations
- healthcare organisations in other countries.
You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent senior secondary school qualification) with a minimum 65% average (check calculator below)
You may also be considered if you have satisfactorily completed a Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia certified Diploma of Nursing within the last 10 years and have registration as an Enrolled Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Applicants applying for semester 2 intake must successfully complete one of the following:
- An Australian accredited Diploma of Nursing program within 12 months of their commencement of the Bachelor of Nursing program
OR - An Australian accredited Diploma of Nursing program more than 12 months but less than 10 years from their commencing the Bachelor of Nursing program AND register as an Enrolled Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Equivalent qualifications may also include completion of the RMIT Foundation Studies program or a recognized post secondary diploma in the relevant discipline with the required grades.
Meeting the minimum academic requirements does not guarantee entry. Your application will still need to be assessed and accepted.
