What is a Bachelor of Nursing?
The Bachelor of Nursing prepares you for a career as a Registered Nurse, teaching you vital assessment and clinical decision making skills. Develop a person-centred, professional approach to care. This degree allows you to work in healthcare, industry and community settings.Delivered over three years through contemporary and evidence-based methods, this degree teaches foundational human biology and research practice, essential clinical knowledge and skills, as well as how to put patients first. Through your experience at our on-campus simulation hospital environment and 800 hours of clinical placements, you will develop the necessary skills and knowledge to register and confidently begin working across a variety of different healthcare and community settings. The Bachelor of Nursing Enrolled Nurse pathway allows you to enter our bachelor’s in Nursing in the second year, while other options for prerequisites for Bachelor of Nursing include at ATAR of 60 or work-life experience. *Main Intake 3 is reserved for those who have a completed (current) Diploma of Nursing and Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). View all key dates for more information.
Learning outcomes and Work-Integrated Learning
- Gain critical skills in professional assessment and clinical decision-making.
- Undertake clinical placement in multiple healthcare, industry and community settings.
- Learn key factors in patient health and wellbeing.
- This course has a requirement 800 hours of practical workplace experience through clinical placement.
ACN member
Torrens University is a member of the Australian College of Nursing, the leading national organisation of the nursing profession.
ANMAC accredited
Our program is accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council, so you know it meets the required education standards.
APNA member
Torrens University is a member of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, the peak body for nurses working in primary health care.
CATSINaM member
Torrens University is a member of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwifery to encourage diversity.
CDNM member
Torrens University is a member of the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery, so our courses are monitored for quality assurance.
