Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies)
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
 
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) |
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| Students must complete: | |||
| (a) 144 credit points of core units of study set out in the table below; and | |||
| (b) clinical experience as prescribed. | |||
Full-time enrolment |
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Year 1 |
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| NURS1001 Human Physiology |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS1002 Health Assessment |
6 | C NURS1004. Students unable to take NURS1002 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002. Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS1003 Population Health |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS1004 Nursing Knowledge, Practice and Policy |
6 | C NURS1002. Students unable to take NURS1002 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002. Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS1005 Human Pathophysiology |
6 | P NURS1001 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS1006 Understanding Experiences of Illness |
6 | P NURS1002 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS1007 Health Research |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS1008 Acute Care Nursing Practice |
6 | P NURS1002 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
Year 2 |
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| NURS2001 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1 |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1001 and NURS1005 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS2003 Contexts of Health and Disease |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS2005 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2 |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2001 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS2006 Ageing, Health and Care |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS2008 Australian First Nations Health and Care |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1003 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS2009 Promoting Well-being and Mental Health |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units including NURS1008 N NURS2004 |
Semester 1 |
| NURS2010 Clinical Practice in Mental Health |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2004 or NURS2009 N NURS2007 |
Semester 2 |
| NURS2011 Managing Chronic Conditions |
6 | P 36 credit points of 1000 level units and NURS2006 N NURS3010 |
Semester 2 |
Year 3 |
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| NURS3007 Nursing the Critically Ill Person |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS3008 Community Health Nursing |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS3012 Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliation |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2011 or NURS3010 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS3015 Australian Health Care System |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS3016 Professional Practice - (BN[AS]) |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units (including NURS2007 or NURS2010 and NURS2011 or NURS3010) and NURS3018 or NURS2002 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| NURS3017 Frameworks for Practice (BN[AS]) |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including NURS2006 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| NURS3018 Paediatric, Child and Youth Nursing |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units, including (NURS3010 or NURS2011) and NURS2005 N NURS2002 |
Semester 1 |
| NURS3019 Complexities of Care |
6 | P 48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units including (NURS3010 or NURS2011) and NURS3008 N NURS3011 |
Semester 2 |