BACHELOR OF NURSING /

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Business
Administration will prepare graduates to
meet the evolving business management
expectations of our health services. The
health industry is changing at a great pace
and the role of the registered nurse with it.
Registered nurses are increasingly moving from
bedside practice into middle management
roles early in their careers and are expected
to take leadership roles in multi-disciplinary
teams. In the wide range of practice settings
from hospitals to aged care, general practice,
private practice and the community, health is
increasingly seen as a business, and nurses are
required to contribute to the success of that
business through effective management of
staff and financial resources.

CAREER OPTIONS
Graduates will find careers in government,
public and/or private hospitals, management,
education and research, health promotion,
and a wide range of occupations that require
an understanding of business processes.
Duration: 4.5 years FT (or equivalent PT)

COURSE STRUCTURE

ACCREDITATION

Students must complete 360 credit points

consisting of 210 credit points of Bachelor
of Nursing units, 130 credit points of Bachelor
of Business Administration units and 20 credit
points from University Core Units.
Health ethics and holistic nursing content,
(including spiritual dimensions of health) are
integrated within a number of nursing theory
and practice units.

Graduates are eligible to apply for registration

as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board
of Australia under the auspices of the Australian
Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Entry Requirements
New South Wales
Assumed knowledge: Nil
Queensland
Prerequisites: English (4, SA).
Victoria
Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 a study score
of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any
other English.

For Further Information

APPLY TO
Domestic residents should apply to the
relevant Tertiary Admissions Centre.
2014 OP/Rank: 17/64
ATAR (Sydney) 60.60
ATAR (Melbourne): 58.95
International and non-Australian residents
should apply to: International Education Office
on tel: 02 9739 2072 or email:
international@acu.edu.au.
*A one-year Honours course is available
for high-achieving students.

Futurestudents@acu.edu.au
www.acu.edu.au/nursing-business-admin
1300 ASK ACU (1300 275 228)

Campus
Offered

Brisbane
Melbourne
North Sydney

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BACHELOR OF NURSING /
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION*
Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Business Administration Program Map
Semester 1

Semester 2

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Foundations of
Management

Fundamentals of
Business IS

Principles of Finance

Acute Care Nursing 2

Business Elective

Principles of
Accounting

Inquiry in Health
Care

Child Adolescent and Partnerships in

Family Health
Chronicity

Human Biological
Science 1

Beginning
Professional Practice

Mental Health &

Illness

Organisational
Behaviour

* Clinical Integration:
Towards
Professional
Practice (20cp)

The Person, Health

and Wellbeing

Society Culture and

Health

Clinical Integration
Mental Health

* Clinical Integration:
Complex Care

Principles of Business
Economics

Business Data
Analysis

Introduction to Law

Organisational
Change

Transition to
Professional Nursing

Principles of
Marketing

Business Economics

Acute Care Nursing 1

Nursing Clinical
Specialty Practice

Human Biological
Science 2

Health Assessment

Promoting Health in
Extended Care

Strategic
Management

Our World:
Community and
Vulnerability

Introduction to
Nursing Practice

Clinical Integration:
Acute Care

Understanding
Self and Society:
Contemporary
Perspectives

* Community Engagement options will be embedded in these 2 units.

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