Benefit from JCU's recognition as the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, and the University's role as the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building. JCU’s unique Nursing degree will enable you to gain distinctive rural, regional and tropical nursing skills that will set you apart from your peers. You'll learn how to assess clients, communicate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, plan and implement nursing interventions, and manage and evaluate nursing care. JCU offers you a supported path into a satisfying, well-paid and respected nursing career. This accredited course has been designed to give you a contemporary Australian theoretical and practical nursing education. Your transition to clinical practice is supported by case-based learning, well equipped clinical simulation facilities and 880 hours of applied clinical practice. The course has a strong focus on nursing in our northern tropical context and it also prepares you for work in diverse settings, from large metropolitan hospitals to rural and isolated practice clinics. The course includes content areas such as: Professional and Clinical Nursing Practice Communication Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Studies Law and Ethics Working with Vulnerable Population Groups Mental Health The Australian Healthcare System Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology and Biochemistry Evidence-based Practice and Research Overseas Placement Elective Experience (optional) Graduate Transition to Practice. Study JCU's unique Nursing Science degree with its distinctive rural, regional and tropical focus. Learn how to assess clients, communicate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, plan and implement nursing interventions, and to manage and evaluate nursing care. Benefit from 880 hours of supervised professional practice and clinical experience (starting from Year 1) in a wide variety of acute and community health settings, providing a smooth transition from university to your clinical workplace. Grasp opportunities to work closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Be taught by JCU's active researchers and clinical teachers. Benefit from JCU's recognition as the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, and the University's role as the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building. Learn how to make a difference to patients, their families and communities. Career opportunities There is a high demand for registered nurses in Australia, and the employment rate is expected to grow very strongly. Nurses work in hospitals and many other settings, including: Community health centres Defence forces Government departments Health care agencies Industry Non-government agencies, such as the Red Cross, and Schools With further study you could become a specialist nurse in, for example, emergency, mental health, aged care, oncology, community health, rural and remote health or in health policy, research, management, education and workplace health and safety.