Students will gain skills in: 

• Communication
• Clinical assessment, nursing, planning and implementation
• Cultural sensitivity
• Applying evidence-based practice
• Medication management
• Caring for acute and chronic health conditions
• Diabetes treatment and care
• End-of-life and palliative nursing practices
• Stress management
• Contingency management of acute and chronic situations

Consider this course if:

• You are compassionate and enjoy helping others in need.
• You want a dynamic career where every day is different.
• You are interested in working in a variety of settings, such as hospitals, community health services, or private homes.
• You want to gain practical skills and knowledge to become an Enrolled Nurse.
• You’re eager to make a positive impact on the lives of patients in various healthcare environments.

This course is designed to be completed over 18 months (three semesters) through a blended learning approach, combining both on-campus and online learning, on-site simulations, clinical work placements, and self-directed study.

2025 Tutorial Dates 

Pundulmurra - Combined (Online and on Campus)

Four days of online or on campus sessions each week from 8.30 am to 5.30pm.

Up to two and half (2.5) simulation weeks on-site at Pundulmurra campus each semester.

Weekly time commitment

Our Pundulmurra campus in South Hedland is home to the state-of-the-art Health and Community Services Training Centre. This facility encompasses a simulation wing incorporating an eight-bed hospital ward, nurse’s station, patient examination and treatment rooms, pan room, fit testing room, training classrooms and a viewing area for lecturer observation.

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Additional Requirements

You will also be required to:

• Travel to NR TAFE Pundulmurra Campus for:
  • Simulation training
  • Nursing calculation exams

Legal Requirements

To protect the public from harm, registered health practitioners and education providers must report concerns about registered students. This is a legal requirement. Practitioners and education providers only need to notify the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) when they have a reasonable belief that a student has an impairment that may place the public at substantial risk of harm during clinical training.

Reporting Standards

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) Enrolled Nurse Accreditation Standards 2017 require Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) delivering the HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing to notify AHPRA of any student identified as having an impairment that may place the public at substantial risk of harm. AHPRA will be informed of the names of all students undertaking the Diploma of Nursing.

After Completion

Upon completing the course and a minimum of 400 hours of work placement, graduates will need to:

• Seek Registration with AHPRA to work as an enrolled nurse, or
• Enroll in Further Study to become a registered nurse.

Core Registration Standards

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) has developed core registration standards that define the requirements for applicants, registrants, or students. These standards include:

• Criminal History Registration Standard
• English Language Skills Registration Standard
• Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development
• Registration Standard: Recency of Practice
• Registration Standard: Professional Indemnity Insurance Arrangements

LLN Robot Assessment – Support and Sessions

Optional Support Sessions are available before sitting the LLN Robot assessment.

Supporting materials (Numeracy Skills Revision Sheets and Training Supplement Reading & Writing) will be provided before the LLN Robot assessment.

LLN Robot Assessment Details

• LLN Robot is an online tool assessing your English and Math levels.
• The test is conducted free of charge by TAFE and also helps assess eligibility for VET Student Loans.
• Applicants following the English Language Test Pathway only need to complete the Numeracy section.

You must demonstrate your English language competency in one of the following ways:

1. Primary language pathway
2. you have attended and satisfactorily completed at least six years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English in a recognised country, including at least two years between years 7 and 12, and

Evidence required: Submit the completed (Primary Language Form (Appendix A)) to admissions@tafe.wa.edu.au with your application number

2. English Language Test Pathway

        You achieve the required minimum scores in one of the following English language tests and meet the requirements for test results specified in this standard:

1. Cambridge (C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency)
2. International English Language Testing System (Academic) (IELTS)
3. Occupational English Test (OET)
4. Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic)
5. Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based test (TOEFL iBT)

Evidence required: Submit an official copy of your test results to admissions@tafe.wa.edu.au

NOTE: We will only accept test results from:

1. one test sitting, or 

ii.    a maximum of two test sittings in a 12-month period 

and only if the requirements for test results, such as when the test must be taken, type/modality of test and the required minimum scores, specified in this standard are met as set out in this standard.

More information on acceptable tests is available via this link:

 Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - English language skills

Recognised country means one of the following countries or territories:

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Anguilla

• Australia

• The Bahamas

• Barbados

• Belize

• Bermuda

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• Canada

• Cayman Islands

• Dominica

• Falkland Islands

• Gibraltar

• Grenada

• Guernsey

• Guyana

• Isle of Man

• Jamaica

• Jersey

• Malta

• New Zealand

• Republic of Ireland 

• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• St Kitts and Nevis

• St Lucia

• St Vincent and the Grenadines

• Trinidad and Tobago

• United Kingdom 

• United States of America

• US Virgin Islands.