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Clinical information
Clinical experience at UNE forms a major part of your study as an undergraduate student. The amount and quality of clinical experience that the UNE nursing students undertake means that UNE nursing graduates are well prepared to enter the nursing workforce and are highly sought after by health service employers.
More detailed instruction on these requirements can be found in the Clinical Praxis Student Information Booklet that will be handed out during Orientation Week.
Students in the full-time three (3) year Bachelor of Nursing are required to successfully complete 35 weeks of clinical placement experience in health services (hospitals and community health settings) located in rural, remote, regional and metropolitan areas. Students in the Advanced Diploma in Nursing complete 19 weeks of clinical practice over two years.
UNE arranges clinical placements through 2 Clinical Schools (one located in Armidale, the other in Tamworth) and there are three Clinical Coordinators who are responsible for organising, monitoring and maintaining the clinical component of the UNE undergraduate nursing courses. Clinical placements at UNE are organised as blocks of 2, 3 and 4 weeks, because we believe that block placements allow students to engage in meaningful clinical practice and become part of the health service interdisciplinary team.
Students will have the opportunity to have clinical experience in a variety of healthcare settings, such as acute care hospitals throughout New South Wales. In their third year, Bachelor of Nursing students are also able to choose clinical electives that will allow them to experience Maternity and Paediatric Nursing, or Accident and Emergency, Intensive Care and Operating Room Nursing.
Below are some things you should know and requirements you must meet before you can go on clinical placement.
- NSW Health Policy requires all nursing students to comply with state vaccination requirements.
- NSW Health Department requires that all nursing students have a Criminal Record Check, and sign a declaration that they have no criminal convictions that involve children prior to attending the first clinical placement.
- Students should be ‘fit’ for clinical practice. That is, if you have a disability or condition that you think will limit your ability to fully participate in clinical practice experience, you will need to disclose this information to one of the UNE Clinical Coordinators. Their contact details are provided under the ‘Contact Us’ heading in the menu bar on the left.
- Students must purchase the UNE clinical uniform and a Clinical Identification badge before going on clinical placement.
- First Aid certificate
Course structure and clinical planners
To down load an outline of course structure click here
To download full time clinical planner click here
To download part time clinical planner click here