If you want an important and in-demand career that makes a difference, nursing is for you. Gain the necessary knowledge and hands-on experience needed to successfully work in multidisciplinary teams to promote quality health outcomes for clients in your care. UQ's Bachelor of Nursing is a respected and innovative program developed in consultation with healthcare professionals. It takes a narrative and inquiry-based approach to learning and integrates lecture-based study with clinical placements in major hospitals. Start your practical-based healthcare experience in your first semester of study at your home hospital group, where you will undertake roistered clinical placement shifts as well as clinical skills simulation sessions. Consolidate your skills and develop your confidence through extended specialist clinical placements in your final year, in areas such as aged care, critical care, emergency medicine, mental health, rural health, and pediatrics. Be confident and job-ready after spending more than 1000 hours on supervised clinical placements across your program. Placements are designed to consolidate your knowledge with the aim of meeting competency standards for registration. Career outcomes Graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing are distinguished by their breadth of knowledge, professional readiness, initiative, and problem-solving skills. Our graduates typically find employment in a range of different public and private healthcare settings, including: Aged care Cardiac nursing Community nursing Critical care Day surgery nursing Drug and alcohol nursing Home-care nursing Emergency care Indigenous health Infectious disease Medical/surgical nursing Mental health nursing Neonatal nursing Neuroscience nursing Nurse educator Nurse Manager Oncology Orthopedics Pediatrics and child health Preoperative Public health Rehabilitation Rural and remote area School-based health nursing Sexual health nursing Transplant nursing Program structure The courses offered in the Bachelor of Nursing are set out in the course list. Each course is allocated a certain number of units (#). A standard full-time study load is 8 units per semester. The Program Rules explain what is required to complete the Bachelor of Nursing. These requirements include the total number of units you need to complete in order to graduate.