Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) for 2013

At a glance

2013 Handbook entry 

Career opportunities

You will be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or its equivalent and could work as a registered nurse, paramedic or paramedic nurses in a range of emergency health settings, including with Ambulance Victoria.

Professional recognitions

Australian

After completing this double degree, you can register as a general nurse (division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and gain endorsement as a paramedic.

Why study Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)?

This groundbreaking double degree gives you the chance to broaden your skills and career options as a nurse and paramedic.

Delivered at our Peninsula campus, the course will open exciting opportunities in ambulance and community-based health services and disaster response teams here and overseas - wherever combined emergency and ward skills are needed.

As a qualified paramedic nurses, you will play a key role in regular emergency responses, community-based triage and pre-hospital and in-hospital care.

Your role will prove critical at times of multi-victim disasters, when your communication, leadership and clinical-reasoning skills as a nurse will come to the fore.

The course is taught by leading nursing and paramedic researchers and practitioners with links to The Alfred Hospital, which boasts Victoria's busiest emergency department, and the Monash Medical Centre, one of the state's major teaching hospitals.

The course includes workplace experiences in ambulance, hospital and community-based settings across metropolitan and rural Victoria.

Entry requirements

Clearly in ATAR score (2013):

  • 91.05 (Peninsula)

View entry requirements and applications for domestic students

Duration

4 years full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Average annual student contribution
$ 7,000 AUD
Note: see information on how average fee is calculated.

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Peninsula: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3892

CRICOS code: 058757J

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements   Telephone: +61 3 9904 4064
email: Virginia.Plummer@med.monash.edu.au

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for international students

Duration

4 years full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

International fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$ 29,570 AUD

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Peninsula: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3892

CRICOS code: 058757J

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements  

International Student Enquiries

Telephone: +61 3 9903 4788
Email: study@monash.edu

Single degree options

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Equivalent Australian Year 12

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English and a study score of at least 25 in mathematics (any).

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

  • A score of at least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL, and
  • A score of at least 4 in mathematics SL or 3 in mathematics HL or 4 in further mathematics SL or 4 in mathematical studies SL.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

Qualification Peninsula
2013 ATAR clearly in for CSP 91.05

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications for on campus studies should be made online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English and a study score of at least 25 in mathematics (any).

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

  • A score of at least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL, and
  • A score of at least 4 in mathematics SL or 3 in mathematics HL or 4 in further mathematics SL or 4 in mathematical studies SL.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

This course is currently not available to international students.

Enrolment obligation

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than 25% of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students cannot enrol exclusively in distance and/or online learning study in any compulsory study period. See standard 9.4 of The National Code 2007.