Bachelor of Nursing

RMIT's nursing degree is almost entirely core subjects - anatomy, physiology, mental health, community health - with just one elective slot across three years, and clinical placement hours dominate the structure: five separate placements (PEP 1 through PEP 5) totalling at least 800 hours, climbing from 120 hours in first year to 200 hours in the final semester of third year. That 800-hour minimum is the AHPRA registration threshold, so it's not a target RMIT chose arbitrarily - it's the floor for graduates to register as Registered Nurses at all.

Placements happen across major metropolitan and rural hospitals as well as community-sector settings, giving students exposure to acute care and mental health contexts specifically, since those are prearranged placement types built into the structure. Before placement, students work through RMIT's simulated learning facilities - high-fidelity mannequins and simulated wards - so the first time a student manages a real deteriorating patient isn't literally the first time they've done it at all.

Clinical supervision comes directly from healthcare agency staff rather than solely university academics, which keeps the assessment grounded in what hospitals actually expect from a new graduate, not just what a lecture theatre covered.