Overview
Take your career in nursing to the next level with this advanced qualification. This course is the essential minimum requirement to register as an enrolled nurse. The health sector is growing in Australia with the Graduate Outcomes Survey reporting four out of five nursing graduates gain employment within three months of graduation.
This course will give you the advanced skills to perform clinical assessments, contribute to nursing care of people with complex needs, administer and monitor medications and IV therapy, research and apply evidence to practice. Our highly-experienced industry professionals will guide you every step of the way to ensure your transition into the health sector is a success.
Successful completion of this course will qualify you to seek registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Upon successful registration you may find work as an Enrolled Nurse within a diverse range of healthcare settings.
Highlights
- Choose from 7 Queensland locations to study from
- Offers Australia’s only nursing course specifically designed for online study
- Partners with Ramsay Health Care, St Vincent’s Health Australia and Greenslopes Private Hospital for vocational placements and on-site training
All new applicants studying the Diploma of Nursing at TAFE Queensland are to demonstrate English language, as well as literacy and numeracy skills prior to enrolment.
English language skills
Prior to enrolment students will be required to complete a declaration using one of two enrolment pathways demonstrating English language competence:
1) Primary language pathway
Prior to enrolment, you must complete section 1 of the declaration stating that English is your primary language. You will also declare that you have attended and satisfactorily completed at least six years of primary, secondary (including at least two years between years 7 and 12), and full-time vocational and/or tertiary education taught and assessed in English in one of the recognised countries. Recognised Countries are: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America.
2) English language test pathway
Where English is not your primary language, you must complete section 2 of the declaration and provide evidence of a formal English language test result. Students must demonstrate they have achieved the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) minimum requirements as specified in the English language skills.
The assessment must have been completed less than 2 years ago.
Formal English language tests are listed below, with their required outcomes to support enrolment*-
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – a minimum score of 7.0 overall and in each of the four (4) components
- Occupational English Test (OET) – a minimum score of ‘B’ in each of the four (4) components
- Pearson’s Test of English (PTE) – a minimum score of 65 in each of the four (4) communicative skills
- Test of English as a Foreign Language / Internet-based test (TOEFL-iBT) – a minimum score of 94 overall with a minimum score in each section:
- 24 for listening
- 24 for reading
- 27 for writing
- 23 for speaking
Basic Key Skills Builder
Prior to enrolment ALL students will need to complete a Basic Key Skills Builder (BKSB) assessment and achieve a competency of at least Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) in both language and numeracy.
This is a requirement in accordance with TAFE Queensland and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).
The successful achievement of this qualification requires you to complete all core and 5 elective units from the list below. You will also be required to successfully complete a minimum of 400 hours of vocational placement in an approved setting.
Core Units
- Work with diverse people
- Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
- Reflect on and improve own professional practice
- Confirm physical health status
- Analyse and respond to client health information
- Practise nursing within the Australian health care system
- Apply communication skills in nursing practice
- Perform clinical assessment and contribute to planning nursing care
- Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care
- Apply principles of wound management
- Administer and monitor medicines and intravenous therapy
- Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice
- Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions
- Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health conditions
- Implement and monitor care for a person with chronic health conditions
- Implement and monitor care of the older person
- Apply nursing practice in the primary health care setting
- Provide end of life care and a palliative approach in nursing practice
- Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
- Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Electives
- Develop personal work priorities
- Work effectively with others
- Research and apply evidence to practice
- Provide First Aid
- Contribute to the nursing care of a person with diabetes
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