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Bachelor of Nursing Informatics CU45

Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time.
Mode and Location: External.
Courses/Units of Credit: 48 units of credit.
Faculty: Informatics and Communication.
Entry: QTAC, Direct. Applicants must hold a current general nurse registration certificate which indicates their authority to practice as a registered nurse.
Contact: Program Coordinator on 07 4930 9839 or Program Administrator on 07 4930 9681.

Program Overview

Note: CQU is an academic institutional member of the International Medical Informatics Association (I.M.I.A.)

This program has been developed to meet the needs of registered nurses who wish or need to make better use of available computer, information and telecommunication technologies to support their area of practice. The use of these technologies including electronic health records has the potential to improve the efficiency, safety and quality of care. The program provides registered nurses with a sound foundation for contemporary nursing practice and possible further study in the nursing informatics discipline.

The program is available to registered nurses who hold a certificate from a hospital based program in their own country, a diploma or degree in nursing from a college or university. All applicants must hold a current general nurse registration certificate which indicates their authority to practice as a registered nurse in their own country. International students will be expected to meet the requirements regarding English standards which enable them to cope with study of an Australian education program. Registered nurses entering this program are given 2 years of study exemption in recognition of their prior learning. Therefore no further credit transfers will be given.

Program Structure

To obtain a Bachelor of Nursing Informatics, a student must complete a total of 8 courses as follows:

  • two compulsory courses;
  • four informatics/communication courses;
  • two nursing/health or informatics/communication courses taken from the lists below.

The available selection provides opportunities to apply informatics principles to any of the following: nursing, evidence based practice, health information management, statistics, information systems, multimedia, e-health, IT, systems services, health service management, system design and implementation.

Note. These areas are indicative only. It may be possible to customise a specialisation study area for individuals or a group of students at the discretion of the course coordinator).

Compulsory courses
Code Course
HLTH12003   Foundations of Health Information
HLTH11005   Nursing Informatics

Informatics/Communication courses
Code Course
Introductory Informatics
COIS11011   Foundations of Business Computing
COIT11166   Systems Analysis and Design
COIT12168   Analysis and Specification
COIS13013   Management Support Systems
Multimedia
MMST11001   Introduction to Multimedia Systems
MMST11002   Constructing Cyberspace
MMST12004   Multimedia Design
MMST12005   Multimedia Development
Statistics
STAT11048   Essential Statistics
STAT12032   Data Analysis
MATH12175   Experimental Design
MATH11168   Total Quality Management & Statistical Process Control
Computer Systems
COIT11133   Programming A
COIT11134   Programming B
COIT13152   Operating Systems
COIT12170   Data Communication
Management Support Systems
COIT11133   Programming A
COIS12041   Business Programming
COIS12031   Software Design & Programming
COIS13013   Management Support Systems
Systems Development
COIT11133   Programming A
COIS12041   Business Programming
COIT11166   Systems Analysis and Design
COIT12168   Analysis and Specification
Computer Networks
COIT11133   Programming A
ENCO11005   Computer Hardware Fundamentals
COIT12170   Data Communication
COIT13147   Networks
Database Systems
COIT11133   Programming A
COIS12041   Business Programming
COIT11166   Systems Analysis and Design
COIT12167   Database Use and Design
Software Design
COIT11133   Programming A
COIS12041   Business Programming
COIT11166   Systems Analysis and Design
COIS12036   Human Computer Interaction
Focus on practical communication skills
COMM11007   Professional Writing
COMM12033   Speech Communication
COMM12030   Desktop Publishing
COMM12020   Communication in the Internet Age
Focus on theoretical understanding of relevant communication practice
COMM11005   Introduction to Communication & Culture
COMM12020   Communication in the Internet Age
COMM12025   Organisational Communication
COMM12022   Cultural Technologies

Nursing/Health/Management courses
Code Course
HLTH12027   Counselling for Health Professionals
NURS12097   Ethical and Legal Issues
HMGT12004   Health Service Provision
HLPB12002   Epidemiology
NURS13102   Introduction to Health Research
NURS11113   Nursing Course Management
PHRM10004   Pharmacology
NURS12128   Drugs in Society
NURS12127   Mental Health Studies
HRMT19012   Performance Management
HRMT19013   Human Resources Development
HRMT19020   Managing Organisational Change
NUTR19001   Nutrition
BIOH10006   Pathophysiology
NURS10002   Clinical Pathology for Health Professionals

Sample part-time two-year program structure for Registered Nurses with little or no computing knowledge and experience:
Code Course
Year 1 - Autumn
COIS11011   Foundations of Business Computing
HLTH12003   Foundations of Health Information Science
Year 1 - Winter
COIT11166   Systems Analysis & Design
HLTH11005   Nursing Informatics
Year 2 - Autumn
COIT12168   Analysis and Specification
COIS13013   Management Support Systems
Year 2 - Winter
  2 Electives

Note: Students must check to see when and where a course is offered before enrolling. See the course availability section in this handbook for details.


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