Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate entry)
Overview
Prepare to practise in a variety of clinical settings and roles as a registered nurse who is reflective about their practice, has well-developed clinical reasoning skills and a commitment to lifelong learning.
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Fast facts
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
SATAC code:
2BG007
Annual indicative fees (2025):
$4,624 (Commonwealth supported)
Fast facts
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In person
Location:
Bedford Park
Start dates:
March
CRICOS code: 002701K
Annual indicative fees:
2024: $40,200
Why study Nursing (Graduate entry) at Flinders
- Cover the fundamental requirements to be eligible to apply for registration as a practising nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Option to undertake your studies at a rural campus in the Riverland or a metropolitan campus at Bedford Park
- Gain an innovative practice-based education from award-winning teachers in state-of-the-art facilities
- Flinders has been a leading provider of nursing education and research for 40 years and is internationally recognised
Your career
A range of programs with limited places may be available in public and private hospitals to assist graduate registered nurses in their first year of practice, with clinical rotations, preceptorship, and educational support throughout their progression.
You may work as a registered nurse in a range of settings such as:
- medical/surgical
- emergency
- mental health
- aged care
- community health and general practice.
Potential employers include:
- community health
- aged care
- intensive care
- emergency departments
- mental health
- paediatrics and cardiac care.
Professional accreditation/recognition
This degree is accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council until 22/12/2025. Graduates of this degree are eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as registered nurses.
What you will study
The program aims to develop a person-centred and evidence-based health professional who has well-developed clinical reasoning skills and is reflective about their practice. Topics cover areas such as the nursing profession, pathophysiology and pharmacology, First Nations health, dimensions of physical and mental health, care for people with chronic and complex health needs, and concepts of accountability, responsibility, clinical governance and leadership as a registered nurse.
Professional experience placements prepare you for the workplace, both simulated in state-of-the-art laboratories and in clinical venues in rural and metropolitan South Australia.
In order to complete the degree, you will need to fulfil the following preclinical placement requirements to undertake compulsory clinical placements:
- National Criminal and Relevant History Screenings
- Deed Poll
- Immunisation
- Basic Emergency Life Support
- Manual Handling
- SA Health Online Orientation Package
- Hand Hygiene Online Orientation
- BloodSafe Online module
- PrePlace Online Orientation
- Needlestick Injuries Online Package
- Fitness to Undertake Placement Declaration.
If you are unable to meet these requirements*, you will not be able to undertake your professional experience placement.
*Requirements are subject to change.
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Entry requirements
Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry)
- Applicants must hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification that does not permit them to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a registered nurse.
- Must demonstrate English language proficiency as specified by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).
- Applicants must meet a topic-pre-requisite by having completed 4.5 units (1 topic) (0.125 full-time equivalent) of topics in human biology, anatomy or physiology. Applicants that do not meet this pre-requisite could consider completing one of the below courses:
*completion of one of these courses does not guarantee entry into the Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry). They provide students with the necessary prerequisite topic to be eligible to apply for the Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry) via competitive entry through SATAC.
Bachelor of Nursing (3 years)
The Bachelor of Nursing (3 years) (SATAC code 2BP007) pre-registration course is available to applicants that may have had their qualifications assessed as not equivalent to an AQF level bachelor degree. Applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency as specified in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s (NMBA) English language skills registration standard (see details above). Selection is based on academic merit.
Before commencing study to become a registered nurse, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) requires you to demonstrate a high level of English language proficiency.
To do this, applicants must do one of the following:
- Declare English is your primary language and before the course start date, you will have satisfactorily completed at least six years of schooling in English in one of the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States, Canada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom. At least two of the six years must be at a secondary school level, OR
- Undertake an approved English language proficiency test no more than two years before the course start date and achieve specified minimum test results as indicated in the English language skills registration standard of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Example: minimum of Academic IELTS 7.0 overall and 7.0 in Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening.
Acceptable tests are: IELTS (Academic), OET (Nursing), PTE (Academic),
OR - Declare you hold current registration as an enrolled nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency – Nursing and Midwifery (AHPRA).
When you graduate and apply for registration as a registered nurse in Australia, you will also need to meet the English language skills registration standard of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
The Inherent Course Requirements statement is designed to help prospective students make informed decisions about whether they will be in a position to complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing and/or the Bachelor of Midwifery. Prospective students who intend to enrol in this course should carefully check the requirements listed in the document below to determine whether they are able to meet them.
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Select your preferred course and apply directly through the MySATAC application portal.
Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate entry)
Flinders students can apply to transfer to this course internally. Visit: www.flinders.edu.au/internaltransfer for more information.
Entry requirements
- Applicants must hold a Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in an area other than nursing that does not permit them to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a registered nurse; and
- Applicants must have successfully completed 4.5 units (1 topic) (0.125 full-time equivalent) of study at a higher education level focused on an understanding of body structures and function such as human biology, physiology and anatomy.
Before commencing study to become a registered nurse, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) requires applicants must demonstrate a high level of English language proficiency.
To do this, applicants must do one of the following:
- Declare English is their primary language and before the course start date, will have satisfactorily completed at least six years of schooling in English in one of the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United States, Canada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom. At least two of the six years must be at a secondary school level, OR
- Undertake an approved English language proficiency test no more than two years before the course start date and achieve specified minimum test results as indicated in the English language skills registration standard of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Example: minimum of Academic IELTS 7.0 overall and 7.0 in Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening.
Acceptable tests are: Academic IELTS, OET, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT.
When you graduate and apply for registration as a registered nurse in Australia, you will also need to meet the English language skills registration standard of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
If you don’t meet the English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.
Please note, a test is required as evidence of English language proficiency even if an English language program has been completed. Tests accepted are Academic IELTS, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, and OET.
The Inherent Course Requirements statement is designed to help prospective students make informed decisions about whether they will be in a position to complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing and/or the Bachelor of Midwifery. Prospective students who intend to enrol in this course should carefully check the requirements listed in the document below to determine whether they are able to meet them.
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