Nursing (IRON Program)

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Year

2012

Award

Initial Registration for Overseas Nurses (IRON Program)

Length

13 weeks

Campuses

Bendigo

Course description

The Initial Registration for Overseas Nurses (IRON) course allows suitably qualified, internationally-registered nurses to undertake a short, non-award course, which is required to register and work as a registered nurse in Australia.
Participants who successfully complete the IRON course will attain the necessary competencies defined by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competency Standards for registration as a Registered Nurse with the ANMC.
La Trobe University Bendigo Campus has agreement from a number of regional clinical venues to facilitate IRON students in an additional clinical placement. The primary venues for clinical placement will be Bendigo Health and St John of God Hospital, both of which are located in Bendigo.
The course addresses:
- Contemporary thinking and research about current best practice and evidence based health care and nursing practice
- Health care in the Australian context
- Interpersonal communication and teamwork with patients, other nurses and interdisciplinary health care staff
- Nursing knowledge and skills required for the provision of person-centred care and health outcomes
- Roles and responsibilities expected of a Division 1 Registered Nurse in Victoria inclusive of areas around patient care, interdisciplinary practice and risk management.

Course structure

The IRON course consists of a minimum 80 hours of directed learning and up to 400 hours of supervised clinical placement (there is an early exit option if students achieve competency in both theory (80 hours) and clinical practice (200 hours or greater).
The course will be undertaken in a predominantly full-time mode over 13 weeks. The clinical component of the course will be undertaken with five, eight-hour shifts per week for the duration of clinical placements to a maximum of 400 hours. The course consists of 12 modules.

Overseas study opportunities

Overseas study opportunities are available.
Please see www.latrobe.edu.au/international/exchange for more information

Fee type

Fees (Fee-Help available)

Annual (or Total) Tuition Fee (AUD)

9 900

Scholarships

A variety of scholarships and prizes are available for postgraduate students at La Trobe. Visit the postgraduate scholarships webpage for details http://www.latrobe.edu.au/scholarships/postgraduates

Selection

Applicants must provide evidence of an IELTS score of 7.0 overall with at least 7.0 in all components of the test, or pass an OET with A or B only in each of the four components. For the complete standard, please visit: www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards.aspx

Academic entry requirements

Candidates must: be qualified and currently registered as a nurse in a country other than Australia; apply to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia for approval to undertake the course. Visit: www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au; provide a letter from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia stating eligibility for registration upon satisfactory completion of the course.

Industry experience

The following types of industry experience are available in this course.

Workplace experience for academic credit

Additional information

Some clinical placements may be located outside Bendigo.

This course may be offered in January and May in 2012. For up-to-date information, visit:latrobe.edu.au/health

Career opportunities

Graduates will be qualified to work as a nurse in any state of Australia.

Professional recognition

Graduates attain registration as Registered Nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.