Diploma in Nursing

The Diploma of Nursing includes all the nursing aptitudes required to be qualified as enrolled nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Diploma of Nursing

The Nursing Diploma is designed to help you create understanding and talents in realistic education conditions. You will get hands-on knowledge in the ward simulation laboratories and clinical experience through hours of practical placements.

Enrolled Nursing Diploma

The Diploma in Nursing in Australia is an accredited program that trains the fundamental skills and knowledge needed to work as an Enrolled Nurse in Australia and worldwide. Upon finishing this diploma, you will be eligible to deliver nursing care services under a Registered Nurse's management in different healthcare environments.

This diploma is conducted over 18 to 24 months and includes hours of compulsory administered clinical placements in critical healthcare domains: sub-acute, aged care, mental health, and acute care. The primary study subjects within the diploma are nursing communication, legal and ethical parameters, anatomy and physiology, medication delivery, wound management, infection prevention, infection control, medications, and intravenous administration, caring for patients with acute and chronic conditions, nursing care for diabetes, implementing nursing care plans, and mental, critical, and aged care.

Diploma of Nursing entry requirements

  • 18 years of age (Minimum) (exclusively international students)
  • Completion of high school or Year 12 or equivalent
  • An IELTS with 6 points

Enrolled Nurse Course Fees

A$16,000 to A$24,000. The fee range can change from time to time.

Enrolled Nurse Course Duration

2 Years full time

Diploma of Enrolled Nursing Intakes

Most Diploma of Nursing courses will start in Feb or March. However some TAFE’s offer mid-year nursing diplomas.

Enrolled Nursing Career Opportunities

The skills and understanding of the nursing course help you to find employment in the following areas of healthcare sector:

  • Acute (hospital) care
  • Rehabilitation
  • Palliative care
  • Aged care settings
  • Medical centres
  • Mental health
  • Operating theatres
  • General practice
  • Home nursing
  • Surgical care
  • Pathology
  • Paediatric care
  • Maternity

Pathways and Recognition of Prior Learning

CHCDIV001 Collaborate with diverse people

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills need to work with people from different social and cultural groups as well as situations, that is including Torres Strait Islander and/or Aboriginal people.

CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to recognise Torres Strait Islander and/or Aboriginal cultural safety issues in the work area, model cultural safety in own practice work, as well as developing strategies to increase cultural safety.

CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to evaluate and increase own practice through a process of reflecting and ongoing pro development.

HLTAAP002 Confirm physical health status

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to gain and interpret info about client health status to check someone’s health. It needs a thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology.

HLTAAP003 Analyse and respond to client health information

The unit of competency explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to recognise client health info and then to plan appropriate services for health within scope of own role. It needs a in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology.

HLTENN001 Practise nursing within the Australian health care system

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to practise a nursing professional within the Australian health care system, giving health care across the lifespan of people in a wide range of health and community services care or environments.

HLTENN002 Apply communication skills in nursing practice

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to add effective communication skills with a person, family or carer and along with other healthcare pros in a verity of health care settings.

HLTENN003 Perform clinical assessment and contribute to planning nursing care

The unit of competency explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed, withing the scope of practicing, to perform preliminary and ongoing health tests if all body systems, gaining data that contributes to someone’s individualized health care plan.

HLTENN004 Implement, monitor, and evaluate nursing care plans

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to implement nursing care as outlined in a person’s plan of care, appraise outcomes of care provided, record and report progress, and respond to an urgent situation.

HLTENN005 Contribute to nursing care of a person with complex needs

The unit of competency explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to make clinical nursing skills for a person with complicated needs and to contribute to complicated nursing interventions using critical thinking and problem-solving

HLTENN006 Apply principles of wound management in the clinical environment

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to make contemporaneous wound management principles to the care of wide types of wounds. It also includes working with the integrative health care team to contribute to assessment, treatment and ongoing over vehement of a person’s wounds.

HLTENN007 Administer and monitor medicines and intravenous therapy

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to administer and monitor meds and IV therapy including calculating dosage needs, interpreting written instructions from an authorised prescriber, assessing the person for medication effectiveness and side effects, and responding to an allergic pharmacological reaction.

HLTENN008 Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to within work legal and ethical parameters in pro nursing practice, including aiding rights and meeting duty of care needs.

HLTENN009 Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to contribute to the nursing care and over vehement of a person with a mental health problem.

HLTENN011 Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health problems

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to contribute to the care of a person with an acute health problem by performing clinical nursing skills and arbitrations that support the person’s health care requirements and aid them to regain optimal function and lifestyle.

HLTENN012 Implement and monitor care for a person with chronic health problems

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to contribute to the care of someone with chronic health problems by performing nursing arbitrations that support the persons requirement and assists them in maintain an optimal lifestyle.

HLTENN013 Implement and monitor care of the older person

The unit explains the knowledge and skills needed to perform nursing arbitrations to support the social and emotional benefit and nursing care requirements of the older person in both acute care settings and residential care environments.

HLTENN015 Apply nursing practice in the primary health care setting

The unit explains the nursing knowledge as well as the skills needed to work in main health care environments including community-based, educational, business and informal settings, and in general practice.

HLTINF001 Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed to follow organisational infection prevention and control processes, including implementing standard and transmission based cautious and responding to infection risks.

HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

The unit explains the knowledge as well as the skills needed for a worker to join in safe work practices to make sure their own health and safety, and that of others in work areas that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on keeping safety of the workers, the people being supported and other community members.

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