UndergraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Bachelor of Nursing
Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
WSU's Bachelor of Nursing is a 240-credit-point degree made up of 24 nursing subjects, with a minimum of 800 clinical placement hours (excluding public holidays) required across the three years to meet AHPRA registration requirements. Skills and knowledge are built first in on-campus simulated clinical settings before being consolidated in real placements across hospitals, aged care facilities, general practice, and community health teams. It's a staged model rather than throwing students into full clinical settings from day one.
Given Western Sydney's rapidly growing population and its multiple major public hospitals (Westmead among them being one of the largest hospital precincts in the state), students get placement exposure to a genuinely high-acuity, high-volume health system, and the university's nursing program has consistently ranked well nationally partly on the strength of those clinical partnerships.
An Enrolled Nurse pathway variant exists for students who already hold EN qualifications, letting them complete the degree on a accelerated timeline with credit for prior clinical experience, which is a meaningfully different cohort experience from the standard-entry three-year structure.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 6 parts
- 3 years full-time
- 240credit points
- 24 nursing subjects
- Year 1: Foundations of Nursing Practice
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Health Assessment
- on-campus simulated clinical practice
- Year 2: Adult Health Nursing
- Mental Health Nursing
- Pharmacology
- Child and Family Health
- clinical placement blocks begin
- Year 3: Complex Care Nursing
- Aged Care
- Primary Health Care
- Professional Practice Experience
- final placement block
- minimum 800 hours across hospitals
- aged care facilities
- GP practices
- community health teams
- Enrolled Nurse entry with accelerated/credit-bearing structure
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)ANZSCO 254412
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Needs registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, assessed against ANMAC's standards.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Registered Nurse (Medical)ANZSCO 254418
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via ANMAC assessment and NMBA registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)ANZSCO 254422
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via ANMAC assessment and NMBA registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Registered Nurse (Community Health)ANZSCO 254414
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via ANMAC assessment and NMBA registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Nurse PractitionerANZSCO 254411
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Requires advanced NMBA endorsement on top of standard registration.
Assessed by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
Admissions
ATAR 65 or equivalent, National Police Check and Working with Children Check required
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