Master of Nursing - Entry to Practice (NS89)


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Course Details

Course duration (full-time): 2 years
Course duration (part-time): Domestic: 4 years
Total credit points:192
Standard credit points/full-time semester:48
Standard credit points/part-time semester:24
Discipline coordinator:AskQUT
Delivery:Kelvin Grove
CRICOS code:107928G
Faculty:Faculty of Health

Scholarships

Course information

As a Master of Nursing - Entry to Practice graduate, you will be an inclusive, culturally-safe nursing graduate, eligible to practice as a registered nurse, with the capability to lead and develop therapeutic relationships, guided by evidence-based scientific practice. You will have a competitive edge in work readiness to lead and manage health interventions including research-based quality improvement projects from initiation to completion. As a graduate nurse, you will have high level cognitive, clinical reasoning, decision-making and reflective skills to respond to dynamic and challenging healthcare environments. You will develop the professional knowledge, skills and values to enact person-centred care, to initiate, innovate, evaluate and communicate across a complex range of nursing contexts with capacity to engage in intra and interprofessional collaboration. Your graduate attributes also include preparedness for changes in the quality use of medicines, an awareness of global health issues, and adeptness with digital literacy to engage with consumers as informed partners in their health care. These attributes embody your developing professional identity as a nurse.

Course structures

Students are required to undertake 192 credit points of study consisting of:

  • 10 core nursing units (120cp),
  • 4 placement units (60cp), and
  • 1 unit in which students apply their knowledge of research and evaluation approaches to design a clinical practice evaluation plan (12cp).

Study costs

Domestic students may need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).

Additional costs

There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.

Course Structures

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LSB111Understanding Disease Concepts
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN902Foundations of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN910

Graduate capabilities developed in undergraduate study
NSN910Nursing Therapeutics 1: Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN902
NSN923Nursing Professional Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
CSB601Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSD142 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
LWS101
Equivalents:
LWD101
Ethics Law and Health Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN903Development of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN902
NSN911Nursing Therapeutics 2: Acute and Community Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN434Evidence-based Practice and Research Design
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1


Basic knowledge of research approaches and study designs is assumed knowledge.
NSN904Consolidating Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
CSB601 and NSN903 and NSN911
NSN912Nursing Therapeutics 3: Mental Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN910 and NSN923
NSN913Nursing Therapeutics 4: Complex Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN911
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSB202Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Well-being
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSB102 or NSN923
NSN820Practice Evaluation and Translation Strategies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
NSN905Transition to Safe Independent Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN904 and completion of 120 credit points
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LSB111Understanding Disease Concepts
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN923Nursing Professional Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
CSB601Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSD142 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
NSB202Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Well-being
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSB102 or NSN923
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN902Foundations of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN910

Graduate capabilities developed in undergraduate study
NSN910Nursing Therapeutics 1: Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN902
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN903Development of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN902
NSN911Nursing Therapeutics 2: Acute and Community Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN913Nursing Therapeutics 4: Complex Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN911
NSN434Evidence-based Practice and Research Design
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1


Basic knowledge of research approaches and study designs is assumed knowledge.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LWS101
Equivalents:
LWD101
Ethics Law and Health Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN820Practice Evaluation and Translation Strategies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN904Consolidating Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
CSB601 and NSN903 and NSN911
NSN912Nursing Therapeutics 3: Mental Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN910 and NSN923
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN905Transition to Safe Independent Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN904 and completion of 120 credit points
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LSB111Understanding Disease Concepts
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN902Foundations of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN910

Graduate capabilities developed in undergraduate study
NSN910Nursing Therapeutics 1: Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN902
NSN923Nursing Professional Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
CSB601Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSD142 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
NSN903Development of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN902
NSN911Nursing Therapeutics 2: Acute and Community Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
NSN912Nursing Therapeutics 3: Mental Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN910 and NSN923
From 2026 LWS101 and NSN912 will switch places. LWS101 will be studied in Year 1, Semester 2 and NSN912 will be studied in Year 2, Semester 1.
Students who have not completed NSN912 in Semester 2, 2025 can complete in Semester 1, 2027.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LWS101
Equivalents:
LWD101
Ethics Law and Health Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN434Evidence-based Practice and Research Design
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1


Basic knowledge of research approaches and study designs is assumed knowledge.
NSN904Consolidating Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
CSB601 and NSN903 and NSN911
NSN913Nursing Therapeutics 4: Complex Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN911
From 2026 LWS101 and NSN912 will switch places. LWS101 will be studied in Year 1, Semester 2 and NSN912 will be studied in Year 2, Semester 1.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSB202Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Well-being
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSB102 or NSN923
NSN820Practice Evaluation and Translation Strategies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
NSN905Transition to Safe Independent Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN904 and completion of 120 credit points
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LSB111Understanding Disease Concepts
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
NSN923Nursing Professional Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
CSB601Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LQB185 or LQB285 or LSB142 or LSD142 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
NSB202Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Well-being
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSB102 or NSN923
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN902Foundations of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN910

Graduate capabilities developed in undergraduate study
NSN910Nursing Therapeutics 1: Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Corequisites:
NSN902
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN903Development of Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN902
NSN911Nursing Therapeutics 2: Acute and Community Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN913Nursing Therapeutics 4: Complex Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN911
NSN434Evidence-based Practice and Research Design
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1


Basic knowledge of research approaches and study designs is assumed knowledge.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN904Consolidating Safe Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
CSB601 and NSN903 and NSN911
LWS101
Equivalents:
LWD101
Ethics Law and Health Care
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
From 2026 LWS101 and NSN912 will switch places. LWS101 will be studied in Year 3, Sem 2 and NSN912 will be studied in Year 4 Sem 1.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN820Practice Evaluation and Translation Strategies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
NSN912Nursing Therapeutics 3: Mental Health
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
NSN910 and NSN923
From 2026 LWS101 and NSN912 will switch places. LWS101 will be studied in Year 1, Semester 2 and NSN912 will be studied in Year 2, Semester 1.
Students who have not completed NSN912 in Semester 2, 2025 can complete in Semester 1, 2027.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
NSN905Transition to Safe Independent Clinical Practice
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
NSN904 and completion of 120 credit points