Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

Course availability, duration and location
The Certificate IV in Health(Nursing) will be offered by
both Swinburne and Peninsula as a one year full-time
course. Some part-time places may also be made available
at Swinburne.
Full-time students normally attend classes or
undertake clinical placements for up to thirty hours a
week. Classes are scheduled between 8.30am and 5.30pm.
Clinical ~lacement attendance follows the shifts set by
hospitals with the majority of placement shifts being from
7.00am to 3.00pm but some shift attendance required
between 3.00pm amd 11.00pm.
Swinburne
In 1997 there will be an intake of between forty and sixty
full-time students. There may also be an intake of twenty
part-time students.
Swinburne students will undertake approximately 65%
of their classes at Swinburne's Prahran campus and 35% at
the Kingston Centre, Cheltenham. Swinburne Nursing
Students(Koori Stream) will undertake classes at the
Prahran campus and at the Aboriginal Community Elders
Services. Clinical placement will be undertaken at the
Kingston Centre and a range of other hospitals and nursing
homes.
Peninsula
In 1997 there will be an intake of twenty full-time students.
Peninsula students will undertake approximately 65%
of their classes at Frankston TAFE and 35% at Mt. Eliza
Centre, Peninsula. Clinical placements will be undertaken
E at the Frankston and Mt. Eliza campuses of the Mt. Eliza
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9 Centre and at a range of other hospitals and nursing homes.
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Course structure
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v, 510201 Nursing: The Profession
8 510202 Occupational Health and Safety
510203 First Aid
)C 510204 Anatomy and Physiology l
a' 510205 Communication Skills 1 - Presenting Information
510206 Communication Skills 2 - Client Interaction
8 510207 Anatomy and Physiology 2
P 510208 Society, Culture and Nursing
P 510209
Law and Ethics in Nursing
3 510210 Clinical Measurements
510211 Clinical Experience 1
510212 Nursing 1 - Meeting the Needs of Nutrition and
510213
Elimination
Nursing 2 - Meeting the Needs of Hygiene,
Mobility and Rest
510214 Microbiology/Defence Systems
510215 Clinical Studies 1
510216 Medications
510217 Clinical Studies 2
510218 Nursing 4 - Attending the Needs of Psychiatric
Disturbances
510219 Aged Care
510220 Behavioural and Social Aspects of Disability
510221 Clinical Experience 2
510222 Clinical Experience 3
510223 Clinical Experience 4
Please note: subject details are available from the Child
Studies and Health Department.
Application procedure
Details for entry can be obtained from the course
brochure available from Swinburne.
Further information
Further information may be obtained from Swinburne's
Child Studies and Health Department on 9214 6863 or
from Pensinsula's Child Care and Family Health
Department on 9784 8281.
~~OOMCB Advanced Certificate in
Residential and Community
Services
This course is offered at the Prahran campus. The course
is offered in two areas of specialisation:
Advanced Certificate in Residential and Community
Services (Intellectual Disability) which is the recognised
mandatory qualification for the position of
Intellectual Disability Services Officer (IDSO)
Advanced Certificate in Residential and Community
Services (Youth and Child Care) which is the
recognised mandatory qualification for the position of
Youth and Child Care Officer (YACCO).
Career ~otential
The course ~rovides opportunities for a challenging career
in government services (Department of Health and
Community Services) and with the non-government sector
of the Social and Community Services industry (SACS).
Related careers and education are available in ~outh work,
social work, welfare, and community development.
Recognition of prior learning
A student's prior experience and relevant training are an
essential and valued part of selection into RACS. RPL is
offered in a number of subject areas, where the student can
fully demonstrate competence already gained.
Further studies pathways
Further studies after the course may be pursued with:
Bachelor of Applied Science(Intellectua1 Disability)
Bachelor of Arts (Youth Affairs)
Diploma of Community Service (Community
Development)
associated studies in SACS including social work and
welfare studies.
Entry requirements
Applicants may apply for entry under the VCE category or
under the alternative category entry.
Course duration
The course is one year full-time and two years parttime.
Students will undertake approximately twenty
hours University based work each week, depending on
field work, tutorials, etc. Placements during the course
involve students being in an allocated workplace for six
weeks at thirty-eight hours per week.
There is a normal intake of twenty students.