Bachelor of Nursing

(Post-Registration)                                               

Program Outline

The Discipline of Nursing at the University of Adelaide brings together an energetic, enthusiastic group of nursing clinicians and academics interested in furthering nursing as a practice and as a discipline. Alongside our high quality nursing research programs we offer an undergraduate program and a wide range of specialist Graduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas, Master degrees and Doctoral degrees in nursing through coursework and research.

We are closely aligned with clinical practice in the hospital, the community, long stay residential care and regional rural hospitals. We are also affiliated with a range of world-class teaching hospitals, nursing homes and community health services and have close collaborative links with other professions within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide.

Our philosophy of learning can be most fully realised through the incorporation of extensive clinical experience in its programs. The Discipline of Nursing contends that nursing practice and its practitioners are rich in this knowledge and expertise and that it is through the encounter with practice and practising nurses that students uncover and internalise in-depth understandings into the Discipline of Nursing.

The Discipline of Nursing is committed to high quality, innovative teaching and academic staff have established reputations in both their own specialist fields and in creative approaches to teaching and learning. The value of nursing practice is central to all of the Discipline’s teaching; and ways of integrating practice and knowledge by practitioners and academic staff are constantly being pursued.

The Discipline of Nursing believes that an understanding of the discipline of nursing is best achieved through the interpretation of extensive, guided experience and the rigorous pursuit of nursing knowledge through research and scholarship.

The undergraduate program will focus in experential learning and academic rigour, facilitating the effective integration of theory and practice.

Admission Criteria

An applicant for admission to the program for the Bachelor of Nursing
(Post-Registration) shall:

(a)        have qualified with a Diploma of Nursing from an Institution
            accepted for the purposes by the University
(b)        be practising as a Registered Nurse in Singapore
(c)        be registered as a Registered Nurse with the Singapore
            Nursing Board and with a minimum of one (1) year post-registration clinical experience
(d)        have obtained the approval of the Discipline of Nursing

For non-English speaking background applicants, minimum English language proficiency is required, as follows:

• IELTS of at least 6.5 with minimum of 6.0 in all bands

The Joanna Briggs Institute

The The Joanna Briggs Institute is a research initiative of the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the University of Adelaide that promotes and supports evidence based practice. The JBI is linked to many collaborating centres throughout the world.

Each of the Collaborating Centres holds an annual professional advisory forum. This forum offers members of the Institute the opportunity to suggest possible research topics of clinical interest. The Joanna Briggs Institute endeavours to conduct Systematic Reviews and produce Best Practice Information Sheets on topics of interest to health professionals to improve clinical practice. The research areas of the Institute continue to expand as the Institute grows and productivity increases.

Teaching and Courses

The curriculum content focuses on the Singapore healthcare context and the international perspective of nursing and healthcare. There are 8 courses and these encompass the following:

Courses

Program Duration and Delivery 

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Fees and Payment methods

• The above fees are subjected to 7% GST.
• Course fees are charged on the basis of the number of courses taken in a given term and are due 2 weeks prior to the start of the term.
• Course fees cover course notes and textbooks.
• All fees quoted are in Singapore dollars. NAAEC reserves the right to change the course fee without prior notice.

We accept the following methods of payments

• Cash
• NETS (Subject to your daily withdrawal limit)
• Cheque payable to
  Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre Pte Ltd

*Application fee of $100.00 upon application submission, which will be fully refunded if unsuccessful meeting the entry requirements. 

How to Apply

• Applications cannot be considered unless all the relevant information is supplied. 

*Application fee subjected to 7% GST.