Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation

Course Details

A cutting-edge transdisciplinary degree, the UTS Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is designed for the inventive, solutions-focused healthcare leaders of the future. In addition to becoming a qualified Registered Nurse, this program will equip you with high-level competencies in creativity, problem-solving, innovation and entrepreneurship, giving you everything you need to shape the healthcare of tomorrow. Studying at UTS also means youll benefit from a huge range of hands-on opportunities, from clinical placements in real healthcare settings to innovative workplace internships. Together, this program will shape you into an in-demand nursing professional with the capability to ideate, develop and deploy exciting new ideas in healthcare and beyond.

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Course structure: Students must gain a minimum of 144 credit points to complete the Bachelor of Nursing and 96 credit points in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation. The creative intelligence and innovation subjects are undertaken in accelerated form within July and Summer sessions. The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is not offered as a separate degree, but is completed only in combination with the professional degree program. Full-time students study four subjects a session incorporating nursing theory, science and clinical practice. Students undertake nursing professional experience in a variety of healthcare and community settings. Within the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, students can undertake between 6 and 12 credit points of internship (work experience) that relates to innovation within their research, career development, or core degree specialisations.

Career options for registered nurses include working in diverse specialty areas such as community health, critical care, intensive care, aged care, mental health, operating theatres and paediatrics. Career progression opportunities include working as a clinical nurse consultant, clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, nurse manager, nurse practitioner or rural and remote practice nurse. By being creative thinkers, initiators of new ideas, scenario planners, global strategists, open network designers or sustainable futures innovators within their chosen field of study, graduates maximise the potential of their chosen profession, making them highly sought after graduates with the ability to identify and develop solutions to some of the most complex issues that face their disciplines and society.