Bachelor of Nursing

Eight hundred hours of clinical placement is the number that defines this degree - it's the minimum required for graduates to register as a nurse, and Flinders builds it in across hospitals, community health centres and specialised care units rather than front-loading or back-loading it into one block. The university guarantees placements within South Australia, which removes one of the bigger logistical headaches nursing students elsewhere sometimes face.

An online delivery option exists alongside the standard on-campus version, structured around 40-hour placement weeks and compulsory on-campus intensives at the City or Bedford Park campus for the skills components that can't be done remotely - simulated clinical scenarios, practical assessment, that kind of thing. That hybrid model has become more common in nursing education generally, but Flinders' version is fairly explicit about which parts stay in-person.

Registration as a nurse in Australia runs through the Nursing and Midwifery Board, and the degree is built to satisfy that board's accreditation standard rather than being a general health science degree with a nursing label - the placement hours and clinical competency assessments are non-negotiable structural features, not optional enrichment.