Bachelor of Health Sciences/Master of Nursing

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Master of Nursing Combined Degree Adviser (Health Sciences)
Michelle Maw
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Bachelor of Health Sciences

The Faculty of Health Sciences offers a wide range of subjects which will equip you to work in areas such as scientific, research and management positions in health-related organisations in the public and private sectors. You can choose subject areas such as health science and research, health care resources and systems, toxicology, project design and management, current issues in health care and management principles. For more information in these areas, see the Health Sciences Handbook.

Read 'Your Guide to Nursing' in the 2012 prospectus


2012 study patterns for the Bachelor of Health Sciences/Master of Nursing

Year

Semester 1

Semester 2

1

BIOL1003 Human Biology

HSBH1006 Foundations of Health Sciences

HSBH1007 Health Science and Research

PSYC1001 Psychology 1001

HSBH1008 Health Determinants and Interventions

HSBH1009 Health Care Resources and Systems

2 BHS electives (12 credit points)*

2

One BHS senior elective (6 credit points)*
BHS Elective (6 credit points)*

NURS5081 Introduction to Nursing Practice
NURS5002 Social Contexts of Health

One BHS senior elective (6 credit points)*
One elective (6 credit points)*

NURS5086 Drug, Therapy, Disease  and Nursing Practice
NURS5006 Illness Experience and Nursing Care

3

One BHS senior elective (6 credit points)*
BHS Elective (6 credit points)*

NURS5082 Developing Nursing Practice

One Nursing elective (6 credit points)*

One BHS senior elective (6 credit points)*
One elective (6 credit points)*

NURS5085 Mental Health Nursing Practice
NURS5084 Nursing the Acutely Ill Person

4

NURS6008 Inquiry and Research in Nursing

NURS6004 Nursing and the Politics of Health Care

NURS6019 High Acuity Nursing
Prerequisites: NURS5084, NURS5081

NURS6018 Care and Chronic Conditions
Prerequisites: NURS5084, NURS5085, NURS5081

NURS6022 Community Health Nursing
Prerequisites: NURS6019, NURS6018

NURS6023 Professional Practice of Nursing

NURS6024 Global Health and Nursing
Prerequisite: NURS5002

One Nursing Practice (Option)
Select one from the following:

  •  NURS6025 Mental Health (Option)
    Prerequisites: NURS6019, NURS6018, NURS5085
  •  NURS6026 Paediatrics (Option)
    Prerequisites: NURS6019, NURS6018
  •  NURS6027 High Acuity (Option)
    Prerequisites: NURS6019, NURS6018
  •  NURS6028 Clinical Nursing (Option)
    Prerequisites: NURS5084, NURS6018

 

* Notes related to the table above:

  • The Nursing Elective in Year 3 is NURS6001: Nursing Observations & Bio parameters.
  • The Health Sciences Handbook contains a list of Health Science electives, along with unit of study descriptions.
  • Other electives may be chosen from units of study available throughout the University, subject to approval, availability and minimum enrolment.

Please choose BHS senior units of study from the following list. The list of senior units of study can also be found in the Health Sciences Handbook.

2012 BHS senior units of study

Semester 1

Semester 2

HSBH3002 Health Information Science

HSBH3001 Health and Indigenous Populations

HSBH3004 Health, Ethics and the Law

HSBH3003 Health Service Strategy and Policy

HSBH3006 Research Methods in Health

HSBH3005 Evidence Based Health Care

HSBH3011 Rural Health

HSBH3009 International Health Project

HIMT4057 Health Informatics for the Professional

HSBH3010 Health and Lifelong Disability

HSBH3014 Workplace Injury Prevention/Management

BHSC3014 Honours Research Proposal

HSBH3015 Mental Health Rehabilitation

HSBH3012 FHS Abroad

HSBH3012 FHS Abroad

REHB3064 Alcohol and Drug Misuse Rehabilitation