A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
For further information regarding enrolment conditions and placement information visit the College of Nursing and Midwifery website.
Unit Type |
Credit Points |
Specific Requirements
|
Common
(2 units)
|
20 |
Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (replaced by IAS201 from 2024)
CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (replaced by LAL100 from 2024)
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. |
Core
(21 units) |
210 |
Complete 21 compulsory core units totalling 210 credit points from the list below:
NUR115 Primary Health Care (replaced by NUR135 from 2021)
NUR120 Introduction to Professional Nursing (replaced by NUR131 Professional Practice from 2021)
NUR125 Nursing Practice 1
SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1
SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2
HSC230 Cultural Safety in Healthcare (previously HEA230 pre-2018 and NUR112 pre-2015) (replaced by NUR252 Digital Technology in Healthcare from 2021)
HSC203 Perspectives of Indigenous Health (new title 2021) (replaced by NUR133 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health from 2021)
HSC210 Health Sociology (previously NUR210 pre-2018) (replaced by NUR132 Communication for Person-centred Practice from 2021)
NUR219 Mental Health Nursing (not offered 2024)
NUR231 Challenge and Response to Body Integrity 1 (replaced by SBI241 Pathophysiology for Healthcare from 2021)
NUR241 Challenge and Response to Body Integrity 2 (replaced by SBI242 Pharmacology for Clinical Practice from 2021)
NUR244 Nursing Practice 2 (not offered 2024)
NUR250 Medical Surgical Nursing 1 (previously NUR243) (replaced by NUR255 Challenges to Health and Wellbeing from 2021)
NUR251 Medical Surgical Nursing 2 (not offered 2024)
NUR329 Public Health: The Australian Perspective (replaced by NUR368 Global Health: Social Justice and Sustainability from 2021)
NUR341 Healthy Ageing (not offered 2024)
NUR342 Evidence Based Health Research and Practice (previously NUR248 pre-2015) (replaced by NUR256 Research and Evidence Based Practice from 2021)
NUR343 Nursing Practice 3 (not offered 2024)
NUR344 Nursing Practice 4 (not offered 2024)
NUR345 Transition to Practice 1 (replaced by NUR367 Leadership in Nursing Practice from 2021)
NUR346 Transition to Practice 2 (replaced by NUR370 Professional Experience Placement 4 from 2021) |
Specialist Electives
(1 unit) |
10 |
Specialist elective unit totalling 10 credit points selected from the units listed below:
NUR113 Professional Nursing Concepts (no longer offered from 2021)
HSC318 Rural and Remote Health (no longer offered from 2021)
NUR325 Maternal Health and Paediatric Nursing (no longer offered from 2021)
NUR330 Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing (no longer offered from 2021)
NUR340 Advanced Mental Health Nursing (not offered 2024)
NUR369 Nursing Practice Project (new from 2021) |
|
240 |
Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
Course Changes and Transition Arrangements - 2021
The BNRSG is now in teach out. Where units have been replaced in the BNRSG structure with a new unit, unit code or unit title: students who have completed the old unit should not complete the new unit.
Contact Student.Central@cdu.edu.au for FAQ and course advice.
Summary of unit changes
Following is a summary of unit code changes from 2021. Students who have completed the pre-2021 unit code should not enrol in the equivalent recoded/retitled unit. ALL students should enrol in the latest unit code from 2021.
Pre-2021 Unit Code/Title |
2021 Unit Code/Title |
HSC203 Indigenous Health Perspectives (Perspectives of Indigenous Health from 2021) |
NUR133 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
HSC210 Health Sociology |
NUR132 Communication for Person-Centred Practice |
HSC230 Cultural Safety in Healthcare |
NUR252 Digital Technology in Healthcare |
NUR120 Introduction to Professional Nursing |
NUR131 Professional Practice |
NUR231 Challenge and Response to Body Integrity 1 |
SBI241 Pathophysiology |
NUR241 Challenge and Response to Body Integrity 2 |
SBI242 Pharmacology for Clinical Practice |
NUR250 Medical Surgical Nursing 1 |
NUR255 Challenges to Health and Wellbeing |
NUR329 Public Health: The Australian Perspective |
NUR368 Global Health: Social Justice and Sustainability |
NUR342 Evidence Based Health Research and Practice |
NUR256 Research and Evidence Based Practice |
NUR345 Transition to Practice 1 |
NUR367 Leadership for Nursing Practice |
NUR346 Transition to Practice 2 |
NUR370 Professional Experience Placement 4 |
Discontinued Units from 2021:
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
NUR113 |
Professional Nursing Concepts |
NUR325 |
Maternal Health and Paediatric Nursing |
NUR330 |
Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing |
Course Changes - 2018
NUR210 Health Sociology has been recoded to HSC210 Health Sociology.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2015
Students who have completed NUR112 should not complete HEA230
Students who have completed NUR248 should not complete NUR342
Students who have completed NUR243 should not complete NUR250
Students who have completed NUR355 should not complete NUR345
Students who have completed NUR349 should not complete NUR346
Students who have completed NUR104 should not complete NUR240 or HSC203
Unit Code |
Previous Title |
New Title (2015)
|
NUR115 |
Fundamentals of Primary Health Care |
Primary Health Care |
NUR125 |
Fundamental Nursing Practice |
Nursing Practice 1 |
NUR325 |
Maternal Health and Paediatric Care |
Maternal and Paediatric Nursing |
NUR329 |
Public Health Challenges in Chronic and Complex Nursing |
Public Health: the Australian Perspectives |
NUR343 |
Clinical Nursing Practice 1 |
Nursing Practice 3 |
NUR344 |
Clinical Nursing Practice 2 |
Nursing Practice 4 |
Discontinued Units from 2015:
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
NUR317 |
Perioperative Nursing |
NUR320 |
Emergency Nursing |
NUR322 |
Renal Nursing |
NUR327 |
Community Mental Health |
NUR328 |
Mental Health Issues Across the Lifespan |