👩🏻‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Study Diploma of Health Care/Bachelor of Nursing at Charles Darwin University

Australia continues to face high demands in healthcare workers, particularly enrolled and registered nurses. This has created great career opportunities for you if you are considering the medical field in your future

Charles Darwin University (CDU) aims to train people who help doctors with medical procedures as well as care for patients and help them heal. Graduates from CDU have very high graduate employment rates, and CDU graduates are looked at favourable by all hospitals and clinics in Australia.

Bachelor of Nursing graduates can work as a clinical or registered nurse in a public or private hospital, nursing home, clinic, department of health, army, navy, or air force medical service.

Diploma of Health Care is an ideal pathway to the nursing program because it is designed with the right kind of coursework to prepare you for clinical work in real worlds environments, eventually as a Registered Nurse in Australia.

Bachelor of Nursing at Charles Darwin University helps nursing professionals gain supervisory and management skills, as well as manage medication handling and general patient affairs, which is at a more complex level that requires a lot of attention.

The nursing course offered by Charles Darwin University is accredited by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), which is responsible for qualifications in the field of Nursing. For international students, this means the road to employment qualification and eventual permanent residency remains clear.

Where is Charles Darwin University located in Australia?

CDU is the only university in the Australian Northern Territory; of the universities in Australia, it is closest to Asia. The Northern Territory has the fewest states in Australia, but it is a beautiful region that is called Real Australia. The university has campuses in Alice Springs, Casuarina, Katherine, Palmerston, Sydney, Jabiru, Tennant Creek, Waterfront, and Brisbane.

The Casuarina Campus is the main campus of the CDU and is located in north Darwin, approximately 12 km from the city center. The Palmerston campus is approximately 20 km from Darwin city center; Palmerston town center is within walking distance. Alice Springs is the second largest Australian city in the Northern Territory and is located in the heart of Australia. Katherine, in whose region Nitmiluk National Park is located, is 314 km south of Darwin. The Sydney campus is established in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD).

Available programs

For the academic year 2023, Charles Darwin University offers the following courses regarding Bachelor of Nursing in Australia for international students:

1. Bachelor of Midwifery

The Bachelor of Midwifery aims to comprehensively train and update analytical, critical, and proactive professionals with high social commitment, values, and skills in the area of health.

The graduates can apply the recommendations of the World Health Organization in the care of the physiological needs of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium in a multidisciplinary team. The 3-year course is available for international students at the Casuarina campus.

2. Diploma of Health Care/ Bachelor of Nursing

Diploma of Health care and Bachelor of Nursing are two courses combined into one. The details about this course are explained in detail below.

Course Details

Diploma of Health care and Bachelor of Nursing are two courses merged into one. These are two different qualifications that a student can achieve at the same time. This is a 3-year full-time course available for students of any nationality. Charles Darwin University has taken this innovative approach in terms of nursing education, and the university awards the Diploma of health care degree after the first year of study. With the achievement of this degree, an international student can simultaneously start working in the health sector and continue studying to finish their bachelor's degree.

The university also facilitates online studying; however, the nursing degree being a technical profession, students must take practical courses in the field. Charles Darwin University facilitates online students by organizing practical courses near their accommodation.

After completing a Bachelor of Nursing, you will be qualified to work as a registered Nurse in Australia. Besides theoretical courses, you must complete the two types of practical training vis simulation blocks and supervised clinical placements.

Simulation Block
Each year consists of a 1-week simulation block that you must attend full time and on campus at any assigned simulation suites by the university.

Supervised clinical Placement
Supervised clinical placement is the placement of nursing students in various healthcare settings across the country. The process is carried out by the university itself. You have to complete a total of 880 hours of this practical course over 3 years.

Accommodation and meals

International students enrolling at Charles Darwin university can choose to live on campus in one of three residences or live in a rented apartment in the city.

Living rooms in the residence are equipped with everything you need, including air conditioning, TV, refrigerator, and Internet access. On the territory of the residence, there are recreation areas with tables for billiards and table tennis, media rooms with huge TVs, barbecue areas, a swimming pool, and a computer room.

Costs / Scholarship

Charles Darwin University is known for its affordability. While other Australian or international universities are high-priced, the CDU offers nursing courses at an affordable price range of AUD 96,960 for a full-time 3-year course.

Charles Darwin University also provides an opportunity for its enrolled international students to apply for various scholarship programs.

Among them are the International Vice-Chancellor Scholarships for international honors students who are academically meritorious and high achievers who are seeking a bachelor's or master's degree from CDU. It covers 50% of the tuition fee for the entire 3 years of the bachelor's course.

CDU also offers a CDU Global Merit Scholarship that covers 30% of the total tuition fee, the 2023 CDU International College Pathway Scholarship that covers 20% of the total tuition fee, and the Dili International School Scholarship.

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