Extended Major Overview

Description

The Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) is a four-year entry-to-practice program with an integrated honours component, leading to eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Learners will engage with flexible and interactive learning activities, including simulation-based education and will undertake a minimum 800 hours of clinical placement throughout the first three years of the program and a final year internship. The program will prepare professional, culturally responsive practitioners capable of applying their discipline knowledge and skill in the compassionate, safe and effective care of diverse patients, across dynamic and varied health care environments. The UWA nursing graduate will develop capability to advocate, lead and educate colleagues, patients, families and communities. An evidence-informed curriculum ensures that graduates are prepared for the rigours of contemporary nursing practice, applying critical thinking and using available data to inform clinical decision-making. The honours component also prepares high achieving students for higher degrees by research.

Students should be aware that this major does not provide a pathway to an Honours.

Outcomes

Students are able to:

  1. Demonstrate capability to engage in self-reflection and lifelong learning through a spirit of inquiry and an ongoing commitment to ensuring capability for practice in self and others
  2. Apply discipline knowledge and practice in the care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other culturally and linguistically diverse individuals and groups across the lifespan, within various metropolitan and regional health care contexts
  3. Appraise professional, regulatory, social, cultural, global, and environmental aspects of health care and the impact of these on the role and responsibilities of the nurse
  4. Initiate, maintain and conclude effective, professional and collaborative therapeutic relationships with patients/clients, families and communities
  5. Demonstrate inclusive, evidenced-based, person-centred, culturally safe care across the health-illness continuum, within various metropolitan and regional health care contexts
  6. Demonstrate digital capabilities and the implementation of digital health technologies in the delivery of effective health care
  7. Contribute discipline knowledge to effectively collaborate within interprofessional healthcare teams
  8. Apply robust research skills to generate and analyse evidence to make informed decisions to support safe and quality health care
  9. Advocate for patients/clients, communities and the profession, forming respectful partnerships to achieve positive outcomes; and (10) Demonstrate leadership qualities, reflect on the leadership styles of self and others, and the leadership roles and responsibilities of nurses in healthcare delivery.
Broadening guidelines

This professionally accredited course is structured as an integrated whole and does not provide for separate broadening units.

Incompatibilities

Units within this major are only available to those enrolled in this course.

Courses

Nursing can only be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:

No study plans found for this major. Check your chosen course, see study plans or contact your student advising office for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2
N/A
not available in 2026 – may be available in 2027 or 2028
NS
non-standard teaching period

Level 1

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (48 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1 NURS1001 Human Structure and Function
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
S1 NURS1002 Cultural Safety in Healthcare
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
S1 NURS1003 Nursing - Past, Present and Future
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
S1 NURS1004 Introduction to Professional Practice
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
S2 NURS1005 Safe and Quality Use of Medicines
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
NURS1004 Introduction to Professional Practice
S2 NURS1006 Lifelong Professional Skills
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1004 Introduction to Professional Practice
S2 NURS1007 Contemporary Nursing Care 1
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1001 Human Structure and Function
NS NURS1008 Professional Practice 1
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
NURS1004 Introduction to Professional Practice
Co-requisites
Successful completion of
NURS1007 Contemporary Nursing Care 1

Level 2

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (48 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
N/A NURS2001 Health Governance and Sustainability
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1008 Professional Practice 1
N/A NURS2002 Health Care Needs of a Diverse Australia
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1002 Cultural Safety in Healthcare
N/A NURS2003 Contemporary Nursing Care 2
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1007 Contemporary Nursing Care 1
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS2004 Professional Practice 2
N/A NURS2004 Professional Practice 2
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1008 Professional Practice 1
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS2003 Contemporary nursing care 2
N/A NURS2005 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2004 Professional Practice 2
N/A NURS2006 Interprofessional Practice
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2004 Professional Practice 2
N/A NURS2007 Contemporary Nursing Care 3
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2003 Contemporary Nursing Care 2
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS2008 Professional Practice 3
N/A NURS2008 Professional Practice 3
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2004 Professional Practice 2
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS2007 Contemporary Nursing Care 3

Level 3

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (48 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
N/A NURS3001 Healthcare Leadership and Management
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2006 Interprofessional Practice
N/A NURS3002 Management of Acute Deterioration
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2007 Contemporary Nursing Care 3
N/A NURS3003 Contemporary Nursing Care 4
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2007 Contemporary Nursing Care 3
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS3004 Professional Practice 4
NS NURS3004 Professional Practice 4
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2008 Professional Practice 3
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS3003 Contemporary Nursing Care 4
N/A NURS3005 Research Skills
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS1006 Lifelong Professional Skills
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2005 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
N/A NURS3006 Supporting End of Life
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS2005 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
N/A NURS3007 Contemporary Nursing Care 5
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and NURS3003 Contemporary Nursing Care 4
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS3008 Professional Practice 5
NS NURS3008 Professional Practice 5
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3004 Professional Practice 4
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS3007 Contemporary Nursing Care 5

Level 4

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (72 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
N/A NURS4001 Advancing Clinical Practice - Part A
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3008 Professional Practice 5
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS4007 Professional Practice Internship - Part A
N/A NURS4002 Advancing Clinical Practice - Part B
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS4001 Advancing Clinical Practice - Part A
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS4008 Professional Practice Internship - Part B
N/A NURS4003 Research Dissertation - Part A
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3005 Research Skills
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3008 Professional Practice 5
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS4007 Professional Practice Internship - Part A
N/A NURS4004 Research Dissertation - Part B
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS4003 Research Dissertation - Part A
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS4008 Professional Practice Internship - Part B
Incompatibility
Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS4003 Quality Improvement Project - Part A
or Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS4006 Quality Improvement Project Part B
N/A NURS4005 Quality Improvement Project - Part A
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3005 Research Skills
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3008 Professional Practice 5
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS4007 Professional Practice Internship - Part A
Incompatibility
Enrolment in
NURS4003 Research Dissertation Part A
N/A NURS4006 Quality Improvement Project - Part B
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS4005 Quality Improvement Project - Part A
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS4008 Professional Practice Internship - Part B
Incompatibility
Enrolment in
Unit(s) NURS4004 Research Dissertation - Part B
or Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS4003 Research Dissertation - Part A
N/A NURS4007 Professional Practice Internship - Part A
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS3008 Professional Practice 5
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS4001 Advancing Clinical Practice - Part A
N/A NURS4008 Professional Practice Internship - Part B
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BH028 Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
and Successful completion of
Unit(s) NURS4007 Professional Practice Internship - Part A
Co-requisites
Enrolment in
NURS4002 Advancing Clinical Practice - Part B