Bachelor of Nursing

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Special requirements

Immunisation

International students must provide an up to date record of all immunisations they have received over their lifetime, translated in English at the time of acceptance. For information on required vaccinations, please visit the Australian Government website.

The Faculty Immunisation form will require completion and signed by an Australian medical practitioner to ensure you are immunised according to the Vaccination for Healthcare Workers standards. Further information will be provided upon course commencement.
Additional immunisations may be required in response to any changes in Government policy or the specific requirements of the organisation you attend for your placements. Any required immunisations or serology tests would be at your own cost.

Police check
A Police check from your country of residence will be required at the time of acceptance.

Overseas
If you have lived overseas for more than 12 months in the past ten years, you are required to provide a police check from each country you resided in (including an English translation) and/or a statutory declaration stating that you have never been convicted of any crime in another country.

Australia
You will be required to have an annual National Police Record Check to attend placements. Further information about how to apply will be provided at course commencement.

Working with Children Check – all applicants must maintain a current Working with Children Check throughout the duration of the program.

Nursing placements
Nursing placements can occur at any time during the course, including during the school holidays, Christmas and Easter holidays. Students need to be available to attend nursing placements at all times during the course. It is advised that holidays are not booked prior to allocation of nursing placements as alternative nursing placements may not be available, therefore impeding progress in the course.

Additional costs
Students should allow approximately AUD$450 for a nursing uniform and equipment. Students can purchase some of these items from any supplier, however the Swinburne University of Technology branded nursing uniform is only available from the Swinburne University bookshop. These items remain the student's personal property. 

In addition, students must obtain:

• a National Police Check - AUD$20.00 (annually)
• a Working with Children Check (no cost) 
• mandatory immunisations are required, the costs of which may vary depending on previous immunisation history, approximately AUD$250-AUD$500
• Nursing placements may incur accommodation and travel costs, and these will vary depending on the placement venue. All students are expected to undertake at least one rural placement – all accommodation and travel is a student’s responsibility.

Please note: all costs are approximate and subject to change.

Detailed information will be provided to all students at the commencement of the course.

Once enrolled in the course, all students are registered with the Australian Heath Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing must also meet the English language skills requirements to become a registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Boards of Australia (NMBA).

Satisfactory completion of one of the following:

• minimum IELTS overall band of 7.0 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 6.5
• TOEFL iBT (internet-based) minimum score of 95 with a reading band no less than 20 and writing band no less than 22
• Pearson (PTE) minimum score of 66 (no communicative skills less than 58)
• any other equivalent assessment of English language proficiency.

Find out more about English language requirements.