Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Public Health (HL16)

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Course Details

Course duration (full-time):	4 years
Total credit points:	432
Standard credit points/full-time semester:	48
Standard credit points/part-time semester:	24
Course coordinator:	nursing@qut.edu.au; publichealth@qut.edu.au; AskQUT askqut@qut.edu.au; +61 7 3138 2000;
Discipline coordinator:	AskQUT
Course contact:	+61 7 3138 2000, askqut@qut.edu.au
Delivery:	Kelvin Grove
CRICOS code:	077687E
Faculty:	Faculty of Health

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QUT You

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Course Structures

Semester 1 (February) entry - Full time

Year 1, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In
NSB102 Equivalents: NSB018	Professional Practice and Cultural Safety	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
NSB103 Equivalents: NSD103	Health Assessment	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
PUB104 Equivalents: PUD104	Australian Health Care Systems	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LSB142 Equivalents: LQB185, LQD185, LSB182, LSD142	Human Anatomy and Physiology	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2

Year 1, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB131 Equivalents: NSB012	Integrated Nursing Practice 1 Off campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB132. Students may be enrolled in NSB132 during the same teaching period as NSB131.
NSB132 Equivalents: NSB021	Integrated Nursing Practice 1 On campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
PUB209 Equivalents: NSB017	Health, Culture and Society	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points)
Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points)

Year 2, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
PUB215	Upstream! Creating a Just World Through Public Health Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1
PUB332	Sustainable Environments for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Antirequisites: PUB107
PUB326	Introduction to Epidemiology	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Antirequisites: HLN710 Successful completion of 96 credit points is assumed knowledge.
PUB530	Health Education and Behaviour Change	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Antirequisites: PUB329, PUB341

Year 2, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB204	Mental Health: Self and others	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
PUB561	Statistical Methods in Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: PUN105, MAB141
PUB461	Qualitative Inquiry in Public Health	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LQB285 Equivalents: LQD285	Pathophysiology for Health Professionals	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB142 or LQB185 or LSB182 or LQD185
PUB336	Gender Equity and Human Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2

Year 3, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB231 Equivalents: NSB022	Integrated Nursing Practice 2 On campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: NSB103 or NSD103 or Completion of 96cp. NSB103 may be enrolled in the same teaching period as NSB231.
NSB232 Equivalents: NSB013	Integrated Nursing Practice 2 Off campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: NSB131 or NSB010
NSB202	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Well-being	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB102 or NSN923
CSB601	Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185. LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185 can be enrolled in the same study period as CSB601 Basic knowledge of body systems, physiology and disease processes is assumed knowledge
PUB565	International Health and Social Justice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251 or XNB252 At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge.

Year 3, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LWS101 Equivalents: LWD101	Ethics Law and Health Care	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
NSB233 Equivalents: NSB014	Integrated Nursing Practice 3 Off Campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB232
NSB236 Equivalents: NSB024	Integrated Nursing Practice 3 On Campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB231 and (NSB132 or NSB010)
PUB406	Taking Action for Health Promotion	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB530 or XNB252

Year 3, Summer Semester

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB334	Integrated Nursing Practice 4	Kelvin Grove Flexible Period - 05A, Summer	Prerequisites: Successful completion of 180 credit points in (NS42 or HL19) including NSB233 or successful completion of 288 credit points in (HL16 or HL17 or HL18) including NSB233.

Year 4, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
PUB514	Contract / Project Management
PUB545	Health Policy Making and Advocacy - People, Power and Politics	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 192cp Antirequisites: PUB511
NSB336	Integrated Nursing Practice Capstone	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: NSB233 and 144 Credit Points of study
Public Health Elective (select one unit from the Public Health Unit Options List)

Year 4, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB305	Leading and Learning: Building Professional Capacity	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: Successful completion of 144cp in (NS42 or HL19) or successful completion of 288cp in (HL16 or HL17 or HL18) Nursing clinical practice experience is assumed knowledge
NSB335	Integrated Nursing Practice 5	Kelvin Grove Flexible Period - 05A, Flexible Period - 10A	Prerequisites: NSB334
PUB875	Professional Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514 or MGB237) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312) Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management (or MGB237 Managing Projects for Success) and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit.

Semester 1 (February) entry - Full time - Commenced 2024 or prior

Year 1, Semester 1 (Feb)

Code	Title	Offered In
NSB102 Equivalents: NSB018	Professional Practice and Cultural Safety	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
NSB103 Equivalents: NSD103	Health Assessment	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
PUB104 Equivalents: PUD104	Australian Health Care Systems	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LSB142 Equivalents: LQB185, LQD185, LSB182, LSD142	Human Anatomy and Physiology	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2

Year 1, Semester 2 (July)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB131 Equivalents: NSB012	Integrated Nursing Practice 1 Off campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB132. Students may be enrolled in NSB132 during the same teaching period as NSB131.
NSB132 Equivalents: NSB021	Integrated Nursing Practice 1 On campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
PUB209 Equivalents: NSB017	Health, Culture and Society	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
PUB336	Gender Equity and Human Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2

Year 2, Semester 1 (Feb)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
PUB215	Upstream! Creating a Just World Through Public Health Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1
PUB332	Sustainable Environments for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Antirequisites: PUB107
PUB326	Introduction to Epidemiology	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Antirequisites: HLN710 Successful completion of 96 credit points is assumed knowledge.
PUB565	International Health and Social Justice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251 or XNB252 At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge.

Year 2, Semester 2 (July)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB204	Mental Health: Self and others	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
PUB561	Statistical Methods in Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: PUN105, MAB141
PUB461	Qualitative Inquiry in Public Health	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LQB285 Equivalents: LQD285	Pathophysiology for Health Professionals	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: LSB142 or LQB185 or LSB182 or LQD185
Public Health Elective

Year 3, Semester 1 (Feb)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB231 Equivalents: NSB022	Integrated Nursing Practice 2 On campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: NSB103 or NSD103 or Completion of 96cp. NSB103 may be enrolled in the same teaching period as NSB231.
NSB232 Equivalents: NSB013	Integrated Nursing Practice 2 Off campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: NSB131 or NSB010
NSB202	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Well-being	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB102 or NSN923
CSB601	Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185. LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSB111 or LSB231 or LSB235 or LQD185 can be enrolled in the same study period as CSB601 Basic knowledge of body systems, physiology and disease processes is assumed knowledge
PUB530	Health Education and Behaviour Change	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Antirequisites: PUB329, PUB341

Year 3, Semester 2 (July)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LWS101 Equivalents: LWD101	Ethics Law and Health Care	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
NSB233 Equivalents: NSB014	Integrated Nursing Practice 3 Off Campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB232
NSB236 Equivalents: NSB024	Integrated Nursing Practice 3 On Campus	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: NSB231 and (NSB132 or NSB010)
PUB406	Taking Action for Health Promotion	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB530 or XNB252

Year 3, Summer Semester

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB334	Integrated Nursing Practice 4	Kelvin Grove Flexible Period - 05A, Summer	Prerequisites: Successful completion of 180 credit points in (NS42 or HL19) including NSB233 or successful completion of 288 credit points in (HL16 or HL17 or HL18) including NSB233.
Note: NSB334 Integrated Nursing Practice 4 Summer offering: Students in NS42 July entry, HL16, HL17 and HL19 (commenced before 2017)
NSB334 Integrated Nursing Practice 4 February (Semester 1) offering: Students in NS42 February entry, and HL19 students (commenced from 2017)

Year 4, Semester 1 (Feb)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
PUB514	Contract / Project Management
PUB545	Health Policy Making and Advocacy - People, Power and Politics	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 192cp Antirequisites: PUB511
Public Health Elective
NSB336	Integrated Nursing Practice Capstone	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: NSB233 and 144 Credit Points of study
From 2022, NSB336 Integrated Nursing Practice Capstone will replace NSB303 Partnerships in Health and Illness

Year 4, Semester 2 (July)

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
NSB305	Leading and Learning: Building Professional Capacity	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: Successful completion of 144cp in (NS42 or HL19) or successful completion of 288cp in (HL16 or HL17 or HL18) Nursing clinical practice experience is assumed knowledge
NSB335	Integrated Nursing Practice 5	Kelvin Grove Flexible Period - 05A, Flexible Period - 10A	Prerequisites: NSB334
Note: NSB335 Integrated Nursing Practice 5 Summer offering: Students in HL19 only.
PUB875	Professional Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (Completion of 192 cp including PUB514 or MGB237) or (Completion of 192cp including SWB401 and SWB312) Completion of 192 credit points of study is assumed knowledge. Lecture materials from PUB514 Contract/Project Management (or MGB237 Managing Projects for Success) and all previous units of study form the theoretical background to this unit.

Unit Lists

Public Health Unit Options

Public Health Unit Option List

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
AMB111 Equivalents: AMB220, AMX220	Advertising Works	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1
AMB163 Equivalents: AMB263, AMX263	Introduction to Public Relations	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1
AMB224 Equivalents: AMB319, AMX319	Consumers and Media Channels	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: 96 credit points of completed studies. Antirequisites: AMB293
AMB299 Equivalents: AMB372, AMB202, AMB320	Marketing Communication	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: 96 credit points of completed studies.
CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200	Digital Platforms	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
CJB303 Equivalents: CWB301	Political Communication	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points of study
CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
CWB203 Equivalents: CCB203	Strategic Speech	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1
DVB101 Equivalents: DXB102, KIB101	Visual Communication Design	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1, Summer	It is assumed that you are computer literate - which means you know how to use a typical computer (Mac and/or Windows), and can use standard desktop applications such as a word processor, email and web browser
DVB102 Equivalents: DXB202, KIB120, KVB204	Image Design and Production	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Basic visual communication skills, basic Photoshop and Illustrator skills are assumed knowledge
DXB111 Equivalents: DXB203, KIB103	Introduction to Web Design	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2	It is assumed that you are computer literate - which means you know how to use a typical computer (Mac and/or Windows), you can use standard desktop applications such as a word processor and web browser and you can install and update software
HLB300	Independent Study	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: Completion of 192cp Minimum GPA 5.0 is assumed knowledge.
JSB171	Understanding Justice and Inequality	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
JSB263	Australia's Political System: Challenges and Opportunities	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study
JSB286	Domestic and Family Violence	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: 72cp of previous study
KKB190 Equivalents: OUB100	Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in Indigenous Australian Context	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
KKB191 Equivalents: OUB110, EDB039	Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian Representations	Last offered in 2025
KKB192 Equivalents: OUB120	Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian Politics	Last offered in 2025
KKB193 Equivalents: OUB130, EDB040	Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics and Protocols	Last offered in 2025
MGB161 Equivalents: EED001	Thinking Like an Entrepreneur	Online Semester 1, Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2
MGB162 Equivalents: EED002	Entrepreneurship: From the Idea to Impact	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
PUB358	Digital Health Perspectives	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: 192cp
PUB565	International Health and Social Justice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251 or XNB252 At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge.
PYB007	Communication for Health Professionals	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2
PYB100 Equivalents: PYD100, HLB100	Foundation Psychology	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Antirequisites: PYB012
PYB102	The Mind and the Brain	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
PYB159	Alcohol and Other Drug Studies	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
PYB208	Counselling Theory and Practice 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PYB007 or PUB209
PUB490	Quality Management in Health	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: Completion of 96cp Background knowledge of the health care system is assumed knowledge.
SWB105	Contemporary Human Rights	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
SWB108	Australian Society, Social Justice and Policy	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Antirequisites: SWB103, SWB218
SWB109	Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Communities	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Antirequisites: EDB041
SWB306	People, Community and Disability	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
SWB333	Participatory Community Development	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit points
XNB150	Food Citizenship	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
XNB151 Equivalents: XND151	Food and Nutrition	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1, Semester 2

QUT You

Code	Title	Offered In
QUT001	QUT You: Artificial Intelligence in the Real World	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT002	QUT You: Walking on Country	Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT003	QUT You: Real Action for Real Change	Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT004	QUT You: Living and Working Collaboratively, Ethically, and Inclusively	Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT005	QUT You: Seeing Me, Seeing You: Skills for a Diverse World	Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT006	QUT You: The Art of Pitching	Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT007	QUT You: Fighting 'Fake News'	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT008	QUT You: Think Like a Computer and Change the World	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT009	QUT You: Data Science for Society	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT010	QUT You: People with Robots	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT013	QUT You: Human Agency in the Digital World	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 2 - 6 Week C

Public Health Elective List - commenced prior to 2024

Public Health Elective List

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
HLB300	Independent Study	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: Completion of 192cp Minimum GPA 5.0 is assumed knowledge.
JSB286	Domestic and Family Violence	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: 72cp of previous study
KKB190 Equivalents: OUB100	Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in Indigenous Australian Context	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
KKB191 Equivalents: OUB110, EDB039	Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian Representations	Last offered in 2025
KKB192 Equivalents: OUB120	Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian Politics	Last offered in 2025
KKB193 Equivalents: OUB130, EDB040	Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics and Protocols	Last offered in 2025
PUB565	International Health and Social Justice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: PUB215 or PUB251 or XNB252 At least two years of study in health area, including PUB215, PUB326 isand PUB416 are assumed knowledge.
PYB208	Counselling Theory and Practice 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: PYB007 or PUB209
XNB150	Food Citizenship	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
XNB151 Equivalents: XND151	Food and Nutrition	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1, Semester 2