Admission requirements
Admission to this course is on the basis of a secondary school leaving qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents), tertiary study or an approved preparation program. English language requirements must be met where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English.
Special admission pathways are open for domestic mature aged applicants who do not possess a school leaving qualification, educationally disadvantaged applicants and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Applicants are ranked by merit and offers for available places are issued according to the ranking.
In addition, it is required that applicants have the ability to undertake clinical placements. The School's Clinical Policy contains further details of these requirements. Please note this course is not available to applicants who are registered to practise as a nurse in an Australian state or territory.The academic requirements that are displayed are applicable to currently available courses only, and are updated annually in October and may be changed without notice. The Handbooks Online and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney, and you are referred to those documents.
Course opportunities
Clinical practice is an important part of the Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) degree. In total students undertake 880 hours of clinical practice. This includes clinical placement experiences in a wide variety of health care settings to give candidates hands-on nursing practice in emergency departments, intensive care units, paediatric units, mental health facilities, community health centres and more. The opportunity to undertake a clinical placement overseas means candidates can explore nursing within the context of other cultures and languages.
Professional accreditation
The Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) is accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Graduates will eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Graduate opportunities
Graduates of this course can select from a wide and growing range of practice areas in the public and private healthcare systems including acute care hospitals, children's hospitals, trauma and emergency care, mental health nursing, aged care, community nursing, palliative care, home care nursing, drug and alcohol centres, operating rooms and other surgical settings, and rural and remote nursing.Nurses also work in the pharmaceutical industry, clinical research trials and other health and education-related fields.
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