Clinical placements
Summary of clinical hours | Clinical placement hours study pattern
Information about clinical placements at Sydney Nursing School
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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.
Students are required to complete 48 credit points and obtain a credit average in Year 1 to remain in the combined degree program and progress to the nursing subjects in Year 2.
You are required to wear a University of Sydney uniform on clinical placements. These are available from the online store.
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:
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Summary of clinical hours |
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Year 2 |
Semester 1 |
2 weeks |
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Semester 2 |
2 weeks |
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Year 3 |
Semester 1 |
2 weeks |
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Semester 2 |
4 weeks |
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Year 4 |
Semester 1 |
12 weeks |
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Semester 2 |
6 weeks |
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You must complete 48 credit points and obtain a credit average to remain in the combined degree program and progress to the nursing subjects in the second year.
The tables below indicate the units of study which have off-campus clinical placements, along with the number of hours needed to complete.
Clinical placement hours
Total clinical hours: 944
Year 2
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Semester 1 |
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Semester 2 |
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NURS5081 Introduction to Nursing Practice |
Clinical practice 80 hours over 2 weeks |
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NURS5006 Illness Experience and Nursing Care |
Primary health care clinical practice 80 hours over 2 weeks |
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NURS5083 Human Bioscience in Health |
NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT |
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NURS5086 Drug Therapy, Disease and Nursing Practice |
NO CLINICAL PLACEMENT |
Year 3
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Semester 1 |
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Semester 2 |
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NURS5082 Developing Nursing Practice |
Surgical clinical practice 80 hours over 2 weeks |
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NURS5085 Mental Health Nursing Practice |
Mental health clinical practice 80 hours over 2 weeks |
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NURS5002 Social Contexts of Health |
NO CLINICAL |
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NURS5084 Nursing the Acutely Ill Person |
NO CLINICAL |
Year 4
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Semester 1 |
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Semester 2 |
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NURS6019 High Acuity Nursing |
High acuity clinical practice 88 hours over 4 weeks |
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NURS6022 Community Health Nursing |
Community clinical practice 80 hours over 2 weeks |
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NURS6018 Care and Chronic Conditions |
Medical/surgical clinical practice In addition: Mental health clinical practice Chronic illness practicum: focus on family with a person with a chronic illness |
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Nursing Practice (options) Choose one from: NURS6025 (Mental Health) NURS6026 (Paediatrics) NURS6027 (High Acuity) NURS6028 (Clinical Nursing) |
Elective area clinical practice 160 hours over 4 weeks |
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NURS6008 Inquiry and Research in Nursing |
NO CLINICAL |
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NURS6004 Nursing and the Politics of Health Care |
NO CLINICAL |
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NURS6023 Professional Practice of Nursing |
NO CLINICAL |
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NURS6024 Global Health and Nursing |
NO CLINICAL |