• We enjoy partnerships with over 60 industry venues and organisations including local health networks, aged care service providers, and public and private hospitals.
• Our nursing program is packed with industry experience and placement opportunities in laboratories, hospitals and a variety of clinical venues in rural and metropolitan SA and the Northern Territory.
• We also offer an experience with the Royal Flying Doctor Service allowing students interested in working in rural and isolated areas a chance to work with aeromedical crews.
• Almost 1000 hours of work placement are built into the undergraduate Nursing degree with rewarding opportunities to make industry connections, build practical skills and experience a variety of settings.

• Our Healthcare Simulation Centre allows you to develop invaluable hands-on practical skills and work together in a real-world multidisciplinary environment. The high-tech simulation lab mirrors real life situations to prepare you for work in hospitals, surgeries, and health care settings.
• This intensive practical learning allows you to develop clinical reasoning skills through case-based learning.

• Our teaching staff model the principles of our profession to instil the values needed in a solid nursing career. Our approachable staff often form close and long-lasting relationships with their students.
• We offer the opportunity for you to undertake your nursing studies at a rural campus in the beautiful Riverland region, or at our metropolitan campus at Bedford Park.

• Flinders students are highly skilled in problem solving through placements and simulated activities. Our graduates enter the workforce confidently and ready to tackle all challenges a career in the health sector may bring and are well-equipped to deliver patient-centred care in a team of health professionals.
• Our graduates have gone on to have many and varied roles within health, research and academia and many are international leaders in their field.
• Flinders graduates have an excellent reputation within the health industry.

• Many of our teaching staff are also active researchers and members of Flinders University’s Caring Futures Institute.
• We ensure all our programs always have the latest evidence-based learning outcomes.

There are no required pre-requisite topics. However, we do recommend students undertake biology and maths in year 12.

Yes. 2019 employment projections for the five years to May 2024 show the Registered Nursing profession is projected to grow 11.7% Australian Labour Market Information Portal.

This degree is currently undergoing reassessment with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council. Graduates of this degree are eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as registered nurses.

If you are studying full time (18 units per semester), you would normally need to spend approximately 2 and a half to 3 days on campus to attend compulsory classes such as laboratories, tutorials and workshops.

Nursing is not run within the normal university semester, therefore students will need to be available all year round.

There is no standard semester or mid-year break for nursing.

Yes. Placements may occur at any time of the year and will include shift work (including night shift and public holidays) across a seven-day week roster.

It is recommended that you do not book holidays or make travel arrangements until your placement has been confirmed. Placements occur in a full-time block format attended over several weeks. Placement topics in the Bachelor of Nursing program range from 2 to 8 weeks in length.

More information on placements can be found on the following link

Yes, all students are expected to complete at least one rural placement during their program. A rural venue is defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Areas 2-5.

Yes, you will be required to be vaccinated to meet pre-placement requirements.

Yes, if you are completing the three-year pre-registration program the maximum time you have to complete the program is 6 years.

Nurses who hold an Australian Diploma of Nursing qualification or equivalent may be eligible for a maximum of 36 units of credit. Psychiatric/mental health/mental deficiency nurses may be eligible for credit based on previous qualifications and work experience.

The current pandemic situation (COVID-19) will affect many aspects of your study, from topic availability on campus to how your classes are delivered. For detailed information about the impact of COVID-19 on your study please refer to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) information page.

• Applications are completed via SATAC
• Visit: www.satac.edu.au

There is a range of alternative ways to gain entry to most undergraduate courses besides meeting the minimum required ATAR.

Details of other pathways can be found at flinders.edu.au/study/pathways

These include:

• Doing the uniTEST, an aptitude test designed to assess the generic reasoning and thinking skills you need to be successful in university-level studies. As a year 12 student, you can use uniTEST results in combination with your ATAR to increase your opportunity to gain entry into any of our courses, with the exception of the Bachelor of Clinical Science/Doctor of Medicine.
• You can apply through SATAC to sit the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), held in June.
• You can also consider applying for courses with lower requirements, as many courses will allow you to transfer once you have completed a specified amount of the course. This is done through Flinderslink. If you accept an offer at another university and perform well, you can use your grade point average (GPA) to transfer to Flinders University. You may even be eligible for credit.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants can gain admission to Flinders University through the Indigenous Admissions Scheme flinders.edu.au/study/pathways/indigenous-admissions-scheme