Graduate with the theoretical and clinical skills to start your career as a registered nurse. Major areas of study include foundational nursing care, acute care nursing, and mental health nursing. Theoretical content is supported with nursing practice laboratories, clinical simulation and clinical practice. Other areas of study include anatomy and physiology and complex care nursing in both acute care and mental health settings with an emphasis on research-based practice. RMIT’s nursing program prepares you for diverse and complex healthcare environments through academic excellence, innovative research and clinical practice. Major areas of study include: anatomy and physiology community care nursing foundational nursing care continuing care nursing high dependency nursing medical surgical nursing mental health nursing This degree features: clinical practice in each year, in a range of clinical settings across metropolitan and rural areas clinical laboratories, giving you extended access to the labs to practice your nursing skills mental health nursing courses a core indigenous health course professional development support to prepare you for graduate employment Career outlook Nursing is an essential profession with a high number of employees in Australia and around the world. Graduates will have excellent employment prospects in a diverse range of metropolitan, rural, remote, and overseas healthcare settings, including: public and private hospitals community and public health acute care nursing mental health nursing aged-care nursing specialty support services industry and school health nursing Graduates have gone on to work at a range of organizations including: public and private acute care hospitals community mental health organizations Healthcare organizations in other countries Pathway options When you successfully complete the Diploma of Nursing you are guaranteed entry into the Bachelor of Nursing with 2 semesters of advanced standing (equivalent to 96 credit points). If you have completed the Diploma of Nursing more than 12 months but less than 10 years prior to your Bachelor of Nursing application, you must be registered as an enrolled Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and provide of evidence of this in order to qualify for selection and receive full credit. Alternatively, you can gain entry from RMIT Foundation Studies or a range of vocational study programs. Further study When you successfully complete this program, you may be eligible for entry into an RMIT honours or postgraduate program.