The University of Queensland

Program

As a UQ nursing student, you will 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.

• Start your practical experience in your first year, where you’ll undertake rostered clinical placement shifts and clinical skills simulations.
• Consolidate your knowledge and skills through extended clinical placements in your final year—streamlining your transition from student to registered nurse.
• Become a competent, capable, and caring professional registered nurse who works in partnership with patients and healthcare consumers.

Clinical Placements
You’ll undertake up to 880 hours of supervised clinical practice in a range of clinical settings that includes hospitals and a variety of health care organizations. You will have the opportunity during your placements to apply your theoretical knowledge acquired through coursework to practice and develop your clinical skills in real life setting. You’ll start your clinical placements in the first year of the program. Over the first 2 years, you’ll l normally complete multiple shorter placements involving 8-hour shifts and in the final year you will complete extended, full-time clinical placements.

A dedicated team will help you arrange your placement. In addition to your placement hospitals, you can expect to undertake your studies at the St Lucia campus, the Francis Baron Burnett Simulation Centre and Greenslopes Hospital, or the Mater Hospital at South Brisbane.