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Clinical placements

Clinical placement hours | Clinical placement hours for full-time study | Clinical placement hours for part-time study

Information about clinical placements at Sydney Nursing School

Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) Academic Adviser
Astrid Frotjold
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Before you start, you need to be aware of the general information available to pre-registration students on all aspects of clinical placements.

You are required to wear a University of Sydney uniform on clinical placements. These are available from the online store.

Full-time and part-time clinical placement hours

Your degree contains both theoretical and clinical components. Each subject with a clinical component has a set number of clinical hours, regardless of whether you are studying full time or part time. You are required to do a set number of weeks in each semester. The full-time number of weeks is:

Summary of clinical hours
Year 1	Semester 1	1 week
Year 1	Semester 2	4 weeks
Year 2	Semester 1	2 weeks
Year 2	Semester 2	4 weeks
Year 3	Semester 1	6 weeks
Year 3	Semester 2	6 weeks

The tables below indicate the units of study which have off-campus clinical placements, along with the number of hours needed to complete.

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Clinical placement hours for full-time study

Total clinical hours: 920

Year 1

Semester 1		Semester 2
NURS1001 Health and Human Biology	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	NURS1005 Interruptions to Normal Physiology	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
NURS1002 Health Assessment	Clinical placement 40 hours over 1 week	NURS1006 Understanding Experiences of Illness	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
NURS1003 Population Health to Personal Health Care	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	NURS1007 Health Research	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
NURS1004 Nursing Knowledge, Practice and Policy	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	NURS1008 Acute Care Nursing Practice	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks

Year 2

Semester 1		Semester 2
Introduction to Pharmacology	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	NURS2005 Pharmacology, People and Practice	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
NURS2002 Child and Adolescent Health and Care	Clinical placement 40 hours over 1 week	NURS2006 Ageing, Health and Care	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
NURS2003 Contexts of Health and Disease	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	HSBH3001 Health and Indigenous Populations	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
NURS2004 Understanding Mental Health and Illness	Clinical placement 40 hours over 1 week	NURS2007 Clinical Practice in Mental Health	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks

Year 3

Semester 1		Semester 2
Nursing the Critically Ill Person	Clinical placement 120 hours over 3 weeks	First Line Intervention	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliation	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	Community Health Nursing	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
Leadership in Health Professional Practice	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED	Politics, Policy and Health	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
Managing Chronic Conditions	Clinical placement 120 hours over 3 weeks	Professional Practice Experience	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks

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Clinical placement hours for part-time study

Year 1

Semester 1			Semester 2
NURS1001 Health and Human Biology	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED		NURS1005 Interruptions to Normal Physiology	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
NURS1003 Population Health to Personal Health Care	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED		NURS1007 Health Research	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED

Year 2

Semester 1		Semester 2
NURS1002 Health Assessment	Clinical placement 40 hours over 1 week		NURS1006 Understanding Experiences of Illness	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
NURS1004 Nursing Knowledge, Practice and Policy	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED		NURS1008 Acute Care Nursing Practice	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks

Semester 1

Semester 2

NURS1002 Health Assessment

Clinical placement

40 hours over 1 week

NURS1006 Understanding Experiences of Illness

Clinical placement

80 hours over 2 weeks

NURS1004 Nursing Knowledge, Practice and Policy

NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT
REQUIRED

NURS1008 Acute Care Nursing Practice

Clinical placement

80 hours over 2 weeks

Year 3

Semester 1			Semester 2
NURS2001 Introduction to Pharmacology	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED		NURS2005 Pharmacology, People and Practice	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED
NURS2003 Contexts of Health and Disease	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED		HSBH3001 Health and Indigenous Populations	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED

Year 4

Semester 1		Semester 2
NURS2002 Child and Adolescent Health and Care	Clinical placement 40 hours over 1 week		NURS2006 Ageing, Health and Care	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
NURS2004 Understanding Mental Health and Illness	Clinical placement 40 hours over 1 week		NURS2007 Clinical Practice in Mental Health	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks

Semester 1

Semester 2

NURS2002 Child and Adolescent Health and Care

Clinical placement

40 hours over 1 week

NURS2006 Ageing, Health and Care

Clinical placement

80 hours over 2 weeks

NURS2004 Understanding Mental Health and Illness

Clinical placement

40 hours over 1 week

NURS2007 Clinical Practice in Mental Health

Clinical placement

80 hours over 2 weeks

Year 5

Semester 1

Semester 2

Nursing the Critically Ill Person

Clinical placement

120 hours over 3 weeks

First Line Intervention

Clinical placement

80 hours over 2 weeks

Leadership in Health Professional Practice

NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT
REQUIRED

Politics, Policy and Health

NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT
REQUIRED

Year 6

Semester 1		Semester 2
Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliation	NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT REQUIRED		Community Health Nursing	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks
Managing Chronic Conditions	Clinical placement 120 hours over 3 weeks		Professional Practice Experience	Clinical placement 80 hours over 2 weeks

Semester 1

Semester 2

Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliation

NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT
REQUIRED

Community Health Nursing

Clinical placement

80 hours over 2 weeks

Managing Chronic Conditions

Clinical placement

120 hours over 3 weeks

Professional Practice Experience

Clinical placement