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Course Overview
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Brisbane
66 Ernest St, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
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Career & Study Pathways
Course Content
Work with diverse people
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
The unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety.
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development.
Confirm physical health status
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to obtain and interpret information about client health status and to check a client's physical health. It requires a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
Analyse and respond to client health information
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to analyse client health information and then to plan appropriate health services within scope of own role. It requires an in-depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
Practise nursing within the Australian health care system
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to practise as a nursing professional within the Australian health care system, providing health care across the lifespan of people in health and community care services and environments.
Apply communication skills in nursing practice
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively with people, families and carers, and with other health care professionals, in health care settings.
Perform clinical assessment and contribute to planning nursing care
This unit of competency describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required, within the scope of practice, to perform preliminary and ongoing physical health assessments of all body systems, gathering data that contributes to an individualised health plan of care.
Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement nursing care as outlined in a person's nursing care plan, evaluate outcomes of care provided, record and report progress, and respond to emergency situations.
Apply principles of wound management
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply contemporary wound management principles to the care of persons with various types of wounds.
Administer and monitor medicines and intravenous therapy
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to administer and monitor medicine and intravenous (IV) therapy including calculating dosage requirements, reading and applying written instructions from an authorised prescriber, assessing the person for medicine effectiveness and side effects, and responding to an allergic pharmacological reaction.
Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work within legal and ethical parameters in professional nursing practice, including supporting rights and meeting duty of care requirements.
Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to contribute to the nursing care and treatment of a person with a mental health condition.
Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health conditions
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to meet the assessed health care needs of people with acute health conditions.
Implement and monitor care for a person with chronic health conditions
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to meet the assessed health care needs of people with chronic health conditions.
Implement and monitor care of the older person
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to perform nursing interventions to support the social and emotional wellbeing and nursing care needs of the older person in care.
Apply nursing practice in the primary health care setting
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work in a primary health care environment including community-based, educational, occupational and informal settings, and in general practice.
Provide end of life care and a palliative approach in nursing practice
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide a person-centred approach to palliative and end of life care in primary health care, hospitals, hospices, home and community care, and long-term care facilities.
Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply basic infection prevention and control principles in work settings including implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to risks.
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
Develop personal work priorities
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to plan and prioritise own work tasks. It also addresses the skills and knowledge to monitor and obtain feedback on personal work performance.
Work effectively with others
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work cooperatively with others and deal effectively with issues, problems and conflict.
Research and apply evidence to practice
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish the information need, gather information and critically analyse the information for relevance to own work.
Provide First Aid
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide a first aid response to a casualty in line with first aid guidelines determined by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and other Australian national peak clinical bodies. The unit applies to all persons who may be required to provide a first aid response in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.
Contribute to the nursing care of a person with diabetes
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide nursing care to a person with diabetes including assessing needs, planning and implementing nursing interventions, evaluating outcomes, and educating the person on the condition and available resources.
Common Questions
To study nursing at TAFE Queensland, you must demonstrate English language skills that will enable you to practice your profession safely. There are two pathways: the Primary Language Pathway, where English is your primary language and you have completed at least six years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English in a recognised country (with at least two years between grades 7 and 12); or the English Language Test Pathway, where you provide evidence of an approved test such as IELTS (academic module), Cambridge, TOEFL iBT Australia, PTE Academic or OET, achieving the minimum scores outlined in the NMBA's Registration Standard: English Language Skills March 2025.
The Diploma of Nursing has several fee options: a Concession fee (with fee concessions that may apply for eligible students), a Subsidised fee of $16,425 for eligible students accessing government-funded courses, a Full Fee of $26,475 (total course fee), and an International student fee of $32,400.
Yes, TAFE Queensland offers Australia's only nursing course specifically designed for online study, giving you the flexibility to study the theory components online at a time and place that suits you. Your practical skills training will be undertaken at a campus location designated by your enrolment.
Successful completion of the Diploma of Nursing qualifies you to seek registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Upon successful registration, you may find work as an Enrolled Nurse within a diverse range of healthcare settings. The Graduate Outcomes Survey reports that four out of five nursing graduates gain employment within three months of graduation.
To successfully achieve the Diploma of Nursing qualification, you are required to successfully complete a minimum of 400 hours of vocational placement in an approved setting, in addition to completing all core and 5 elective units.
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