Nursing


A CDU nursing graduate will be:

  • A competent, caring, compassionate, reflective health professional who is a problem solver, critical thinker and who can make informed decisions in the organisation and management of health care to all members of the Australian population and her neighbours
  • A knowledgeable worker who can communicate respectfully across different cultures and within the health profession and who can access and retrieve information and use technology to inform their practice within a legal and ethical framework, and as part of a multidisciplinary team

The CDU program aims to produce graduates who display the following attributes:

 First year learning outcomes:

  1. Communicates in a manner that reflects respect, courtesy and acceptance of diversity
  2. Demonstrates written and verbal communication skills that are clear, concise and accurate
  3. Demonstrates the ability to locate, interpret and respond appropriately to written and verbal communication
  4. Demonstrates the ability to communicate contingent upon the context appropriately
  5. Demonstrates an understanding of the professional roles and responsibilities of nurses and other health professionals
  6. Demonstrates an awareness of the legal and ethical and professional code of conduct required of the nursing profession
  7. Demonstrates competence in foundation clinical nursing skills
  8. Displays an understanding of the profession roles and responsibilities required for clinical practice
  9. Recognises the abilities and limitations of current scope of practice

Second year learning outcomes:

  1. Understands the professional role and legal responsibilities of nurses in a variety of professional contexts
  2. Uses nursing knowledge, and develops/plans nursing care in a variety of clinical situations
  3. Contrasts different models of clinical practice in a variety of professional settings
  4. Applies the knowledge of normal physiology to identify the pathophysiological change of the client group
  5. Integrates nursing and health care knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide safe and effective nursing care
  6. Creates a therapeutic environment through the applications of professional communication and interpersonal skills
  7. Demonstrates awareness of own, moral cultural and spiritual beliefs and its effects in the caring environment on individuals families and communities

Third year learning outcomes:

  1. Extends foundational nursing knowledge to implement decision-making and clinical reasoning relevant to specific populations
  2. Synthesises knowledge and skills relating to professional, legal and ethical responsibilities that apply to the conduct of the degree-prepared nurse as a beginning practitioner
  3. Integrates learning to demonstrate the capacity to assess, plan and implement and evaluate holistic nursing care in an evidence-based framework that ensures competent practice in a variety of settings
  4. Collaborates within nursing and across the healthcare team to demonstrate the ability to foster and maintain therapeutic relationships in a variety of practice settings
  5. Demonstrates maturation of knowledge and skills in respecting individuals and groups and the ability to locate, interpret and respond appropriately using written, verbal and nonverbal communication techniques in geographically and culturally diverse practice settings

 

Study plans for 2011

 

Bachelor of Nursing (BNUR)

Bachelor of Nursing (BNURSE)

Information for students

Enrolment conditions for prospective Bachelor of Nursing students

Thank you for applying to enter the Charles Darwin University (CDU) Bachelor of Nursing program.  The program offers a unique focus on rural and remote health throughout Australia. CDU is uniquely positioned to provide our students with primary health care placements in rural and remote settings and with a strong Indigenous health focus.

As the only university in the Northern Territory (NT), CDU has developed strong partnerships with all public hospitals, the only private hospital, and a wide range of community, mental and allied health providers throughout the NT. Students doing their placements in the NT enjoy a singular educational experience. 

CDU is also working together with health service providers in Far North Queensland to offer students the opportunity to undertake 3rd year placements in areas not previously open to CDU students. 

Before you accept this offer, CDU would like to provide you with some important information regarding the practicum components of this degree. Please read all the information in the link below about Clinical Teaching Blocks (CTBs), placements and preclinical requirements before accepting our offer.

enrolment conditions

Online Placement Nomination System

Nominations for Semester 1, 2012 Clinical Teaching Blocks and placements will CLOSE at 4:00pm (NT time) on 27/01/12. 

Nominations for Semester 2, 2012 Clinical Teaching Blocks and placements will OPEN  at 8.00am (NT time) on 27/02/12 and will CLOSE again at 4:00PM (NT time) on 30/03/12.

All students who are (or will be) eligible to undertake a placement unit in Semester 2, 2012 are urged to submit their online nominations as soon as possible after nominations open on 27/02/12.

Students will need to activate their student email accounts before logging onto the student nomination system.


Clinical placement information

Frequently Asked Questions FAQs (FAQs)

Contacts

Nursing placement queries only
E: nurplaccoord@cdu.edu.au

Nursing Pre-clinical queries only
E preclinical@cdu.edu.au

 

Contacts

Nursing placement queries only
E: nurplaccoord@cdu.edu.au

Pre-clinical queries only
E: PreClinicals@cdu.edu.au

General enquiries and enrolment advice
Student Services
Academic Liaison Unit E: ehsoffice@cdu.edu.au

School of Health
Administrative Leader
T: 08 8946 6089