Courses Handbook 2009

311190 v.1 Enrolled Nurse Pathway 2 (Bsc (Nursing) General)


Introduction

This pathway is available only in semester two and is taken by students who are registered with the Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia as an Enrolled Nurse with at least one year of work experience as an enrolled nurse.

To gain entry to the course via this pathway, applicants must be currently registered with the Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia and able to meet University entrance requirements. In addition, the professional entrance criterion of one-year full-time equivalent work experience, or equivalent, as an Enrolled Nurse must be met.

Applicants for this course should also see advice for Clinical Health Science students (see page 36). STAT elements considered are E and V, however applicants must also meet prerequisite requirements listed above in order to be eligible for the course.

2 years' full-time study or part-time equivalent.

For more information about the program, contact staff in the Faculty of Health Sciences on telephone (08) 9266 4583, email hlthsci-ss@curtin.edu.au, or website www.nursingandmidwifery.curtin.edu.au.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
300720 v.4   Research Foundations in Nursing and Midwifery 213 4.0 25.0
300729 v.2   Adult Nursing Practice 224 13.0 25.0
300730 v.3   Behavioural Responses to Illness 234 3.0 25.0
300731 v.3   Nursing and Midwifery Bioscience 244 4.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
300732 v.2   Health Concepts in Family Care 315 2.0 25.0
300733 v.2   Family Nursing Practice 325 3.0 25.0
300734 v.3   Behavioural Perspectives on Families 335 2.0 25.0
300735 v.2   Nursing Bioscience 345 4.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 1
  SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   300.0
  300.0
Year 2 Semester 1
300736 v.2   Psychiatric Nursing Practice 326 12.0 25.0
300737 v.2   Community Health Nursing Practice 326 14.0 25.0
300738 v.3   Behavioural Perspectives of Mental Health 336 3.0 25.0
300739 v.2   Nursing Bioscience 346 3.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 2 Semester 2
300740 v.2   Management in Health Care 417 3.0 25.0
310191 v.1   Transitional Nursing Practice 427 32.0 50.0
310192 v.1   Transitional Nursing Practice 417 4.0 25.0
  100.0
NB      The electives listed within this stream are normally granted as general credit (in recognition of prior learning) towards the Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
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