Add a nursing qualification to an existing degree with this two-year graduate course. With practical experience from the first year, students will graduate ready to register with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
Hands-on experience begins at La Trobe University on-campus clinical simulation centers and extends to supervised experience in hospitals and healthcare agencies. Alongside this clinical experience, students will study transition to Bachelor of Nursing, acute nursing care, nursing research and Indigenous health. These subjects enable students to support patients and lead care across the life span. They'll also take more specialized subjects like Mental Health Nursing, Recognizing and Responding to the Deteriorating Patient and Nursing People with Chronic Illnesses.
Senior metropolitan students will undertake study at one of the clinical schools in leading Victorian hospitals like:
- The Alfred
- The Austin
- Royal Melbourne
- and The Northern
La Trobe Regional School students will undertake their studies at a local site. The final subjects in the curriculum aim to support the transition to Registered Nurse by promoting consolidation and reflection on students' clinical practice and engagement in professional nursing. These subjects assist in managing time, leading teams, managing caseloads and making ethical clinical decisions with a compassionate and caring approach.
Students will receive advanced standing credits for their previous degree, enabling them to complete this degree in two years instead of three. If students' previous degree didn't include studies in human physiology and anatomy, they'll need to complete a bridging course before starting this course.
